...the poor : but " this he said," pursues the Evangelist, " not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and bare what was put therein *." His objection was dictated merely by a feeling of selfishness and avarice. He found fault with...

...poor: but " thishe said," pursues the Evangelist, " not that he cared for the poor, but because lie was a thief and -had the bag, and bare what was put therein *." His objection was dictated merely by a feeling of selfishness and avarice. He found fault with...

...the poor : but " this he said," pursues the Evangelist, " not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and bare what was put therein."* His objection was dictated merely by a feeling of selfishness and avarice. He found fault with what...

...and given to the poor ?" " This he spake, not because he cared any thing for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." Had the ointment been sold, the proceeds would have some into his hands ; and he could have applied...

...the poor ; and yet St. John says that he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. It is of importance to observe this, because, in fact, our particular sins take their colour from the...

...hundred pence, and given to the poor ? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor ; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always...

...hundred pence, and given to the poor ? But this he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.' Yet, thief and hypocrite as he was, it is probable his own unassisted wickedness might not have carried...

...hundred pence, and given to the poor ? But this he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.' Yet, thief and hypocrite as he was, it is probable his own unassisted wickedness might not have carried...

...given to the poor?." " This," we are informed, " he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." Influenced by a sordid covetous disposition, he seems occasionally to have taken something from the...

...consistently with his habitual purpose of rendering his profession subservient to his worldly interest. " He was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what " was put therein." The demon of avarice possessed his heart : he robbed the pobr, his brethren, and his Lord ; and at...