A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                              LOVE POURED OUT PART XIV

"I, Judas Iscariot, am one of Jesus' disciples... We went to the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus for a meal... Martha had prepared a special meal.... We were all enjoying our food... But then something happened.... Mary appeared behind Jesus....I have to say I had not noticed she had left the table....When she came back she had a bottle of perfume in her hand.... It was very expensive perfume... It was worthy a lot of money.... I know the value of money....I am the keeper of the money bag for Jesus....I wanted to tell her to give the perfume to me so I could sell it... But before I could say anything she did something unthinkable... She broke open the bottle of perfume... She then poured it on Jesus' feet... What a waste!!... I did not only think that.... I said it."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Judas Iscariot's objection to Mary's expression of love towards Jesus....

 

               ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                         LOVE POURED OUT PART XIV

For a moment everyone around the table will have been in such a shock over what they see happening in front of their eyes that they dare not speak. It is too much to take in for they realise that Mary is throwing away her life's saving. Such extravagance. it is good to show care and love for Jesus. But to give away her life savings might just be a little too much of a good thing. And then to loosen her hair in public! Mary ought to know that a proper Jewish woman never loosens her hair in public. It is simply not the thing to do. One of them expresses this thinking in words as you can read in John 12:4-6

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray Him, objected, "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages." He 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 help himself to what was put into it.

Judas Iscariot speaks up. He is indignant by what has happened. After all, this perfume is worth a lot of money, which has now been wasted.