6. He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
7. Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.
8. For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
9. Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.
10. Therefore the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also
11. because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.