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| | The Metamorphosis of Judas Iscariot |
 | | Verily I say into you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her." And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. |
 | | Judas is the traitor who facilitates the execution of Christ, so he is naturally despised, and yet the sequence of events leading to Christ's death and resurrection is essential to Christianity, so we're faced with the question of whether Judas was somehow playing a necessary role, and, if so, whether this mitigates his culpability. |
 | | The incident of the alabaster box and the argument between Jesus and Judas has been removed to an earlier point (12:4), and modified so that it is Mary who annoints the feet of Jesus with a pound of ointment. |
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