Cross references

John 13:29

Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

John 13:29 BSB

John 13:29 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 12:5–6 (3 votes) and Acts 20:34–35 (3 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from 2 Kings 5 to Ephesians 4.

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Which verses does John 13:29 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

  2. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

  3. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

  4. John 13:12 votes

    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

  5. They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Which verses point to John 13:29?

The 10 strongest of 14.