False Piety
12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”
John 12:1-8 ESV
Judas was a dishonest man. Mary was a righteous woman. Judas pretends to be disgusted that Mary used her expensive ointment to wash Jesus's feet. Mary gladly "wasted" her nard on the washing of Jesus's feet. Judas wanted Mary to sell her nard and give the money to the poor (of which he would have stolen a portion). Mary used the nard to anoint the feet of her savior.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves" (Matthew 7:15 ESV). This was the case with Judas, and this is the case for many in the church today; they are hypocrites with evil intentions. However "do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21 ESV).