Isaiah
42:1-7 / John 12:1-11
Judas criticizes
Mary:
“Why was this oil not sold?”
William Barclay says of Judas’ reaction to Mary’s anointing
of the feet of Jesus: “Judas had just seen an action of surpassing loveliness; and
he called it extravagant waste. He was an embittered man who took an embittered
view of things.” Judas’ reaction illustrates an important fact: “We see things
not as they are, but as we are.” H. M. Tomlinson