This little money was to Judas a continual temptation, and from time to time, when he did a little service for Christ, or devoted a little time to religious purposes, he paid himself out of the meager fund collected to advance the light of the gospel. He finally became so penurious that he made bitter complaint because the ointment poured upon the head of Jesus was expensive. He turned it over and over in his mind, and counted the money that might have been placed in his hands to expend if that ointment had been sold. His selfishness grew stronger until he felt that the treasury had really met with a great loss in not receiving the value of the ointment in money. He finally made open complaint of the extravagance of this expensive offering to Christ. Our Saviour rebuked him for this covetousness. This rankled in the heart of Judas, until, for a small sum of money, he consented to betray his Lord. There will be those among Sabbathkeepers who are no truer at heart than was Judas; but the cases of such should be no excuse to keep others from following Christ. {4T 42.1}

Disse små penge var en stadig fristelse for Judas og fra tid til anden, når han gjorde en lille tjeneste for Kristus, elle brugte lidt tid på religiøst øjemed, betalte han selv ud med de små midler, der var indsamlet til evangelielysets fremtrængen. Til sidst blev han så nærig at han beklagede sig bitterligt over den, over Jesu hoved, udgydte salve, var så dyr. Han grublede over dette og talte de penge som kunne være kommet i hans hænder hvis salven var blevet solgt. Til sidst beklagede han sig han åbenlyst over den ødselhed der var i gaven til Kristus. Vor Frelser irettesatte ham for denne begærlighed. Dette sveg i Judas' hjerte, indtil han, for en lille sum penge, indvilgede i at forråde sin Herre. Der vil være dem blandt sabbatsholderene, som ikke er mere ægte i hjerte end Judas var; men disse skulle ikke have undskyldning for at få andre til at ikke følge Kristus.