1 When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,
2 |You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is [to be] handed over for crucifixion.|
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
5 But they were saying, |Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.|
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined [at the table].
8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw [this], and said, |Why this waste?
9 |For this [perfume] might have been sold for a high price and [the money] given to the poor.|
10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, |Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.
11 |For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.
12 |For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.
13 |Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.|
14 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15 and said, |What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?| And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.
16 From then on he [began] looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.
17 Now on the first [day] of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, |Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?|
18 And He said, |Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, |My time is near; I [am to] keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.|'|
19 The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
20 Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining [at the table] with the twelve disciples.
21 As they were eating, He said, |Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.|
22 Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, |Surely not I, Lord?|
23 And He answered, |He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.
24 |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.|
25 And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, |Surely it is not I, Rabbi?| Jesus said to him, |You have said [it] yourself.|
26 While they were eating, Jesus took [some] bread, and after a blessing, He broke [it] and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, |Take, eat; this is My body.|
27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave [it] to them, saying, |Drink from it, all of you;
28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
29 |But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.|
30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31 Then Jesus said to them, |You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE SCATTERED.'
32 |But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.|
33 But Peter said to Him, |[Even] though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.|
34 Jesus said to him, |Truly I say to you that this [very] night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.|
35 Peter said to Him, |Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You.| All the disciples said the same thing too.
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, |Sit here while I go over there and pray.|
37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.
38 Then He said to them, |My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.|
39 And He went a little beyond [them], and fell on His face and prayed, saying, |My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.|
40 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, |So, you [men] could not keep watch with Me for one hour?
41 |Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.|
42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, |My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.|
43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.
45 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, |Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 |Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!|
47 While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, [who came] from the chief priests and elders of the people.
48 Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, |Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.|
49 Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, |Hail, Rabbi!| and kissed Him.
