Matthew 26:1-39 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

2 “You have known that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.”

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, into the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [Him],

5 and they said, “Not in the celebration, that there may not be a tumult among the people.”

6 And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 there came to Him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on His head as He is reclining.

8 And having seen [it], His disciples were much displeased, saying, “To what purpose [is] this waste?

9 For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”

10 And Jesus having known, said to them, “Why do you give trouble to the woman? For a good work she worked for Me;

11 for you always have the poor with you, and you do not always have Me;

12 for she having put this ointment on My body—for My burial she did [it].

13 Truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did will also be spoken of—for a memorial of her.”

14 Then one of the Twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, said,

15 “What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver Him up to you?” And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver,

16 and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver Him up.

17 And on the first [day] of the Unleavened [Bread] the disciples came near to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where will You [that] we may prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

18 And He said, “Go away into the city, to such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near; near you I keep the Passover with My disciples”;

19 and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the Passover.

20 And evening having come, He was reclining with the Twelve,

21 and while they are eating, He said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will deliver Me up.”

22 And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to Him, each of them, “Is it I, Lord?”

23 And He answering said, “He who dipped with Me the hand in the dish, he will deliver Me up;

24 the Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been written concerning Him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! It were good for him if that man had not been born.”

25 And Judas—he who delivered Him up—answering said, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He says to him, “You have said.”

26 And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, broke, and was giving [it] to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is My body”;

27 and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, He gave to them, saying, “Drink of it—all;

28 for this is My blood of the New Covenant, that is being poured out for many, for forgiveness of sins;

29 and I say to you that I may not drink from now on this produce of the vine, until that day when I may drink it with you new in the kingdom of My Father.”

30 And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the Mount of Olives;

31 then Jesus says to them, “All you will be stumbled at Me this night; for it has been written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad;

32 but after My having risen, I will go before you to Galilee.”

33 And Peter answering said to Him, “Even if all will be stumbled at You, I will never be stumbled.”

34 Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this night, before rooster-crowing, three times you will deny Me.”

35 Peter says to Him, “Even if it may be necessary for me to die with You, I will not deny You”; in like manner also said all the disciples.

36 Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He says to the disciples, “Sit here, until having gone away, I will pray over there.”

37 And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;

38 then He says to them, “Exceedingly sorrowful is My soul—to death; abide here, and watch with Me.”

39 And having gone forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You.”