"Look! There they go along the road in a crowd, like a flock of sheep, kicking up the dust.

But you are wise, Thomas, you creep on behind, and I, the noble, magnificent Judas, creep on behind like a dirty slave, who has no place by the side of his masters." "Why do you call yourself magnificent ?" asked Thomas in surprise.
"Because I am so," Judas replied with conviction, and he went on talking, giving more details of how he had deceived the enemies of Jesus, and laughed at them and their stupid stones.
"But you told lies," said Thomas.
"Of course I did," quickly assented Iscariot.

"I gave them what they asked for, and they gave me in return what I wanted.

And what is a lie, my clever Thomas?
Would not the death of Jesus be the greatest lie of all ?" "You did not act rightly.

Now I believe that a devil is your father.