While Judas led the way in criticizing Mary, the other disciples followed his lead quickly. The contrast between Mary and Judas is also striking. Their thoughts were completely different on this occasion. On the one hand, Mary demonstrated that no expense was too great to express her love for Jesus. Judas, on the other hand, was concerned with the financial loss. While Mary worshipped, Judas scorned and seethed over the loss of potential income into the coffer (v. 5). John indicates that Judas was
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