14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas
Iscariot, went to the chief priests

Judas as one of the 12

Only 12 people in human history had the privilege
Judas had.

Judas proved to be a bad man. English philosopher
and statesman Francis Bacon once said,

"A bad
man is worst when he pretends to be a saint."

15 and said,
"What are you willing to give me if
I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to
him thirty pieces of silver.

What will you give me?

What they offered Judas says everything about the
worth the chief priests and elders placed on Jesus.

30 pieces of silver for a slave that was gored to
death by an ox of a neighbor.

Exodus 21:32 “If the ox gores a male or female
servant, he shall give to their master thirty
shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned”

Judas Iscariot put the value of Jesus equal to that of
a gored slave. Wow!

The sin of covetous. The ungodly desire for more.
“When I want something more than I want God”

All sin leads to death. First its spiritual death and
then ultimately its physical death. The first thing that
goes with the sin of covetousness is my personal
relationship with Jesus. It no longer brings me
pleasure, its no longer enough. I begin to
compromise my relationship with Jesus for more of
something else. The pursuit of wealth, the pursuit of
a relationship, the pursuit of anything that causes
willful disobedience to the Word and will of God for
my life.