The Cutlers' - The Conspiracy to Take Jesus is a play where Judas goes to the prince and his counsel to sell Jesus to them. The prince and his counsel want Jesus out of the way because he is making problems for them, making people second guess their religion and the law of the land.
Judas was the keeper of Jesus' money, his accountant if you will. He was corrupt from the start, always taking money off the top for his own pocket, but then Jesus would start giving his money away to the poor people, and Judas saw this as though Jesus was giving away Judas' money. At the point where Mary Magdalene anoints Jesus' feet with oil and kisses them, Judas flies into a rage and goes to the authorities to sell him to the prince for the money he thinks Jesus owes him.
The first, and most original version, of this play that I found was filled to the brim with flowery language, and was completely unreadable. Then I found a book, York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling, and it contained a number of the plays from the York Cycle, with very good, easy to read and understand translations! It just about saved my life, and made the experience of reading the play much more enjoyable.
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