Why Did Judas Betray?

"Why Did Judas Betray?"

Matthew 26:6-16


Matthew 26:6 (KJV)
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:7 (KJV)
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Matthew 26:8 (KJV)
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Matthew 26:9 (KJV)
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew 26:10 (KJV)
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Matthew 26:11 (KJV)
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Matthew 26:12 (KJV)
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Matthew 26:13 (KJV)
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Matthew 26:14 (KJV)
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

Matthew 26:15 (KJV)
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:16 (KJV)
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
John 12:4-6


John 12:3 (KJV)
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
John 12:4 (KJV)
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
John 12:5 (KJV)
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
John 12:6 (KJV)
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.


Mathew 26:47-50; 27:3-5

Title: The Holy Bible, King James Version
Edition: Third
Publisher: Public Domain
Publisher Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Matthew 26:47 (KJV)
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:48 (KJV)
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
Matthew 26:49 (KJV)
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
Matthew 26:50 (KJV)
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

Then on Mathew 27:3-5 the Word of God Says


Matthew 27:3 (KJV)
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Matthew 27:4 (KJV)
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Matthew 27:5 (KJV)
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

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