Whether Judas did this meeting immediately after Jesus rebuked him or several days later is hard to say. He asked how much they would pay him to betray Jesus and got 30 pieces of silver ( Matthew 26:14-16, Mark 14:10-11, Luke 22:1-6). Jesus responded by telling Judas to leave Mary alone.Īfter this, Judas went to meet the religious leaders who were plotting to kill Jesus, and Lazarus as well since Jesus had raised him from the dead. He cared about the money because he was in charge of the group’s finances and would help himself to the bag ( John 12:6). Judas rebuked her for wasting the perfume when she could have sold it and given the money to the poor, although he didn’t actually care about the poor. Mary took a jar of expensive perfume and anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping the perfume with her hair.

According to John 12:1-17 (repeated in Matthew 26:6-16 with slightly different details), the day before Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey (now celebrated as Palm Sunday), Jesus and his disciples were staying with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in Bethany.

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