AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he
said to his disciples, (2)Ye know that after two days is the passover,
and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. (3)Then were the chief
priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in
the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas. (4)And they consulted
together, how they might seize Jesus by guile, and put him to death.
(5)But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be a tumult among
the people.
(6)Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
(7)there came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious
aromatic ointment, and poured it upon his head as he sat at table.
(8)But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For
what end is this waste? (9)For this ointment might have been sold for a
considerable sum, and given to the poor. (10)Then Jesus knowing it,
said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath performed a good
act upon me: (11)for the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have
not always: (12)for in pouring this odoriferous ointment on my body,
she hath done it for my burial. (13)Verily I say unto you, Wherever
this Gospel is preached through the whole world, what she hath done
shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her.
(14)Then went one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, to the chief
priests, (15)and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him
unto you? Then they placed before him thirty pieces of silver. (16)And
from that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them.
(17)Then on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jesus, saying to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat
the passover? (18)And he said, Go into the city, unto such a man, and
say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I will keep the
passover with my disciples at thy house. (19)And his disciples did as
Jesus commanded them; and they made ready the passover. (20)And when
the evening was come, he sat down at table with the twelve. (21)And as
they were eating, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall
betray me. (22)And exceedingly grieved, they began to say to him every
one of them, Lord, am I the person? (23)But he answering said, He that
dippeth his hand with me into the dish, that man shall betray me.
(24)The Son of man indeed is departing, as it is written of him: but wo
to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for
that man if he had never had a being. (25)Then Judas, who betrayed him,
addressing him said, Master, is it I? He saith to him, Thou hast named
the person.
(26)Then as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, brake,
and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
(27)And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of this: (28)for this is my blood, that _blood_ of the new
testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins. (29)And I
tell you, That I will no more henceforth drink of this produce of the
vine, until that day when I drink it with you, new, in the kingdom of
my Father. (30)And when they had sung an hymn, they went out to the
mount of Olives.
(31)Then saith Jesus unto them, Ye all will be offended at me this
night: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of
the flock shall be scattered abroad." (32)But after I am risen, I will
go before you into Galilee. (33)Then Peter, taking up the word, said to
him, Though all should be offended at thee, yet will I never be
offended. (34)Jesus saith to him, I tell thee of a certainty, that this
night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. (35)Peter said
to him, Though I should die with thee, never will I deny thee. In like
manner also said all the disciples. (36)Then cometh Jesus with them to
a place called Gethsemane, and saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,
while I go and pray yonder. (37)And taking Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee, he began to be deeply sorrowful, and to be overwhelmed with
dejection. (38)Then saith he to them. My soul is exceeding sorrowful
even to death: abide here, and watch with me. (39)And going a little
farther, 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 thou wilt. (40)And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them
sleeping, and he saith to Peter, Is it so, that ye have not strength to
watch with me one hour? (41)Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. (42)Again
the second time he went away, and prayed, saying, O my Father, If it be
not possible, that this cup pass from me, but that I should drink it,
thy will be done. (43)And coming, he found them asleep again, for their
eyes were weighed down. (44)And leaving them, he went away again, and
prayed the third time, repeating the same sentence. (45)Then cometh he
to his disciples, and saith unto them, Do ye still sleep on, and repose
yourselves? lo! the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners. (46)Arise, let us go: lo! he that betrayeth
me approaches.
(47)And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas one of the twelve
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and elders of the people. (48)Now he that betrayed him
had given them a signal, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he:
seize him. (49)And immediately approaching to Jesus, he said, Hail,
master; and kissed him. (50)Then spake Jesus to him, Friend, for what
purpose art thou here? Then approaching they laid hands on Jesus, and
seized him.
(51)And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretching out his
hand, drew his sword, and striking at a servant of the high-priest, cut
off his ear. (52)Then saith Jesus unto him, Return thy sword into its
sheath: for all who take the sword, shall perish by the sword.
(53)Thinkest thou, that I cannot now entreat my Father, and he will
give me more than twelve legions of angels? (54)But how then would the
scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
(55)In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as
against a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me? I sat daily
with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid not hold upon me. (56)But
all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets should be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
(57)Then they who had apprehended Jesus, brought him to Caiaphas the
high-priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled. (58)But Peter
followed him at a great distance unto the palace of the high-priest,
and entering in, sat down with the servants, to see the issue. (59)Now
the chief priests and elders and the whole sanhedrim, sought false
witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; (60)and found
none: and though many false witnesses came, they found it not
_sufficient_. But at the last two false witnesses stepping forth,
(61)said, This fellow said, I am able to pull down the temple of God,
and to build it up in three days. (62)And the high-priest rising up,
said to him, Answerest thou nothing? what do these men witness against
thee? (63)But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest addressing him,
said, I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art
the Messiah, the Son of God. (64)Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken
_the fact_. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man
sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
(65)Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying, he hath blasphemed:
what farther need have we of witnesses? lo! now ye have heard his
blasphemy: (66)what think ye? They answered and said, He is deserving
of death. (67)Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him about; and
some slapt his face with their hands, (68)saying, Prophesy to us, you
Messiah, who it is that struck thee!
(69)Now Peter sat without in the hall: and there came to him a single
maid-servant, saying, Thou also wert with Jesus of Galilee. (70)But he
denied it before them all, asserting, I know not what thou art saying.
(71)Then as he was going out at the gate, another maid-servant saw him,
and saith to those who were there, This fellow also was with Jesus of
Nazareth. (72)Then again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
(73)But after a little while they who stood by, came up and said to
Peter, Assuredly thou also art one of them: for even thy speech maketh
thee manifest. (74)Then began he to utter the bitterest curses, and to
swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. (75)And Peter
remembered the word of Jesus, who had said unto him, Before the cock
shall crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And going out, he wept bitterly.