1 Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill [Him];
2 for they were saying, |Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.|
3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining [at the table], there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; [and] she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
4 But some were indignantly [remarking] to one another, |Why has this perfume been wasted?
5 |For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and [the money] given to the poor.| And they were scolding her.
6 But Jesus said, |Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.
7 |For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
8 |She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.
9 |Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.|
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.
11 They were glad when they heard [this], and promised to give him money. And he [began] seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover [lamb] was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, |Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?|
13 And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, |Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;
14 and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, |Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?|'
15 |And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished [and] ready; prepare for us there.|
16 The disciples went out and came to the city, and found [it] just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.
17 When it was evening He came with the twelve.
18 As they were reclining [at the table] and eating, Jesus said, |Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me-- one who is eating with Me.|
19 They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, |Surely not I?|
20 And He said to them, |[It is] one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.
21 |For the Son of Man [is to] go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would have been] good for that man if he had not been born.|
22 While they were eating, He took [some] bread, and after a blessing He broke [it], and gave [it] to them, and said, |Take [it]; this is My body.|
23 And when He had taken a cup [and] given thanks, He gave [it] to them, and they all drank from it.
24 And He said to them, |This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
25 |Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.|
26 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus said to them, |You will all fall away, because it is written, I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.'
28 |But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.|
29 But Peter said to Him, |[Even] though all may fall away, yet I will not.|
30 And Jesus said to him, |Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.|
31 But [Peter] kept saying insistently, |[Even] if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!| And they all were saying the same thing also.
32 They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, |Sit here until I have prayed.|
33 And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
34 And He said to them, |My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.|
35 And He went a little beyond [them], and fell to the ground and [began] to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.
