Judas loved money more than he loved Jesus, preferring the material to genuine faith. So he sought to explain the sacrifice in terms of cash, ignoring the spiritual blessing linked to it. He failed to grasp the sense of Mary’s adoration, thanksgiving and surrender to Christ. Whoever loves money becomes a devil. Strangely, he concealed his hatred for Jesus with a bogus piety, as if he purposed a charitable act to relieve the poor. He did not actually feel for them, nor wish to give them anything, rather he wished to acquire the money for himself.
Basi alijaribu kueleza sadaka hii kwa namna ya fedha taslimu, bila kujali baraka za kiroho iliyoenda pamoja nayo. Alishindwa kutambua maana ya adhimisho la Mariamu, kushukuru kwake na kujitoa kwake Kristo. Yeyote apendaye pesa atakuwa shetani. Kiajabu, alificha chuki yake kwa Yesu kwa utawa wa uongo, kana kwamba alikusudia tendo la huruma kwa kuwasaidia maskini.