It seems to me that no one ever talks about Jesus' money box, sometimes referred to as the poor box. All we know is that it was a box, and it had money, and Judas Iscariot kept it (and apparently stole from it). Where did the money come from? Was it donations made to Jesus? Did they give away the excess after what they needed to live off (like the expensive nard that Judas thought they should sell)? What did it go towards? Are there any Bible verses that actually talk about money being given by Jesus or his apostles to the poor? If not, why?
Just to be clear, I'm thinking about this from a secular hypothetical standpoint, i.e., that Jesus was a real man with real followers and that they really kept a money box, but that he was not God's son and did not perform miracles like healing and feeding hundreds. If you imagine for a moment that Jesus did not perform any miracles, but was a preacher who taught mercy and lectured others on the importance of charity (Matthew 15), doesn't it seem that he would have engaged in some charity himself? Is it possible that his fairly mundane use of a poor box was replaced in the Gospel with the miracles that were intended to prove his divinity and that's why we never hear about the poor box?
Edit: Yes, I used the wrong term initially, I meant "money box" moreso than "poor box".
Edit 2: Here is the only reference I'm aware of that the money box was used for charity: http://bible.cc/john/12-6.htm.
Edit 3: I should have researched more before posting. I've just read that the phrase in 12:6 referring to Judas stealing from the box could simply mean that he carried the box around. However, some scholars think it's clear that "carried" or "bore" actually mean "carried off" or "stole". Isn't it interesting, though, that only John's gospel, written decades after the others, says this?