"Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray Him, said, 'Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?' This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it." (John 12:4-6)

Radio personality Dr. Laura told this story that had been faxed to her. Seems as though a father's little boy had been shoplifting from the various stores he would visit with his mom and dad. Determined to put an end to his son's pilfering, the father decided to have a heart to heart talk with his son. In a last ditch effort to get through to his son the father appealed to Matthew 5:30; "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell." After having his son read the scripture he sent him to get the large pair of shears that his mother kept for sewing. The son just knew his dad was going to cut his hand off. As he entered the bedroom where his dad had instructed him to go, he saw his father sitting on his bed with all of his pants stacked next to him. Methodically the father proceeded to cut the pants pockets out of each andevery pair of pants the son owned. The little boy had been so frightened by what he thought his father was going to do that he never again stole another thing.