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Judas Iscariot was one of the followers. He was about to hand Jesus over to the leaders of the country. He said, “Why was not this special perfume sold for much money and given to poor people?” He did not say this because he cared for poor people. He said this because he was a robber. He carried the bag of money and would steal some of it for himself.

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But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(A) objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(B) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii