"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" Well, it's not a bad question. Judas may have been a thief and informant, he may have embezzled money from the common purse occasionally, he may have had other motives besides the high moral road he seems to project, and he probably really didn't give a fig for the poor. But isn't he basically right? Couldn't the pound of expensive perfume dumped on Jesus' feet have been used for a better purpose? I must admit that I wish Mary had chosen the less expensive Oil of Olay or maybe just a bottle of good old English Leather. Nard was imported from the Himalayas, for crying out loud! Couldn't the money have been used to buy food for a starving family or improve the miserable housing in Jesus' neighborhood? …