He thought if the chief priests would give him those thirty pieces of silver, he would be a rich man all his days instead of a poor man!
Did he ever enjoy those thirty pieces of silver?
There was a boy I heard of lately, who was tempted: and he took an orange from a greengrocer's shop. But his heart smote him; and that evening he wrote this letter to the greengrocer's wife in a round, boyish hand:—
"Dear Madam,—I am very sorry for stealing an orange from you yesterday, while in your shop. I must apologize as I am a Christian, but was tempted."
Signed . . .
"I enclose a penny stamp for the cost of same."
That confession must have cost that boy a great deal to do! But he was "more than conqueror through Him who loved him!"
IX. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
How did the wicked queen Jezebel manage to get Naboth's vineyard for her husband? It was by means of false witnesses!
She sent letters sealed with the king's seal to the nobles and elders who were in the city where Naboth lived, and ordered them to proclaim a fast, to set him up on high where all the people could see him, and to get two wicked men to give false witness against him, to accuse him of blaspheming God and the king. Then he was to be carried out of the city and stoned.
So the elders did as Jezebel told them, and poor Naboth, who had done no wrong, was cruelly killed.
And now I am going to tell you the story of the sin which brought this about.