Judas Agrees to
Betray
Jesus
1
Now the Festival of
Unleavened
Bread,
called the
Passover,
was
approaching,
2 and the
chief
priests
and the
teachers
of the law
were
looking
for some
way to get
rid of
Jesus, for
they were
afraid of
the
people.
3 Then
Satan
entered
Judas,
called
Iscariot,
one of the
Twelve.
4 And
Judas went
to the
chief
priests
and the
officers
of the
temple
guard and
discussed
with them
how he
might
betray
Jesus.
5 They
were
delighted
and agreed
to give
him money.
6 He
consented,
and
watched
for an
opportunity
to hand
Jesus over
to them
when no
crowd was
present.
The Last Supper
7 Then came the day of
Unleavened
Bread on
which the
Passover
lamb had
to be
sacrificed.
8 Jesus
sent Peter
and John,
saying,
“Go and
make
preparations
for us to
eat the
Passover.”
9 “Where do you want us to
prepare
for it?”
they
asked.
10 He replied, “As you
enter the
city, a
man
carrying a
jar of
water will
meet you.
Follow him
to the
house that
he enters,
11 and say
to the
owner of
the house,
‘The
Teacher
asks:
Where is
the guest
room,
where I
may eat
the
Passover
with my
disciples?’
12 He will
show you a
large room
upstairs,
all
furnished.
Make
preparations
there.”
13 They left and found
things
just as
Jesus had
told them.
So they
prepared
the
Passover.
14 When the hour came,
Jesus and
his
apostles
reclined
at the
table.
15 And
he said to
them, “I
have
eagerly
desired to
eat this
Passover
with you
before I
suffer.
16 For I
tell you,
I will not
eat it
again
until it
finds
fulfillment
in the
kingdom of
God.”
17 After taking the cup,
he gave
thanks and
said,
“Take this
and divide
it among
you.
18 For
I tell you
I will not
drink
again from
the fruit
of the
vine until
the
kingdom of
God
comes.”
19 And he took bread, gave
thanks and
broke it,
and gave
it to
them,
saying,
“This is
my body
given for
you; do
this in
remembrance
of me.”
20 In the same way, after
the supper
he took
the cup,
saying,
“This cup
is the new
covenant
in my
blood,
which is
poured out
for you.
21 But the
hand of
him who is
going to
betray me
is with
mine on
the table.
22 The Son
of Man
will go as
it has
been
decreed.
But woe to
that man
who
betrays
him!”
23 They
began to
question
among
themselves
which of
them it
might be
who would
do this.
24 A dispute also arose
among them
as to
which of
them was
considered
to be
greatest.
25 Jesus
said to
them, “The
kings of
the
Gentiles
lord it
over them;
and those
who
exercise
authority
over them
call
themselves
Benefactors.
26 But you
are not to
be like
that.
Instead,
the
greatest
among you
should be
like the
youngest,
and the
one who
rules like
the one
who
serves.
27 For who
is
greater,
the one
who is at
the table
or the one
who
serves? Is
it not the
one who is
at the
table? But
I am among
you as one
who
serves.
28 You are
those who
have stood
by me in
my trials.
29 And I
confer on
you a
kingdom,
just as my
Father
conferred
one on me,
30 so that
you may
eat and
drink at
my table
in my
kingdom
and sit on
thrones,
judging
the twelve
tribes of
Israel.
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan
has asked
to sift
all of you
as wheat.
32 But I
have
prayed for
you,
Simon,
that your
faith may
not fail.
And when
you have
turned
back,
strengthen
your
brothers.”
33 But he replied, “Lord,
I am ready
to go with
you to
prison and
to death.”
34 Jesus answered, “I tell
you,
Peter,
before the
rooster
crows
today, you
will deny
three
times that
you know
me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them,
“When I
sent you
without
purse, bag
or
sandals,
did you
lack
anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But
now if you
have a
purse,
take it,
and also a
bag; and
if you
don’t have
a sword,
sell your
cloak and
buy one.
37 It is
written:
‘And he
was
numbered
with the
transgressors’;
and I tell
you that
this must
be
fulfilled
in me.
Yes, what
is written
about me
is
reaching
its
fulfillment.”
38 The disciples said,
“See,
Lord, here
are two
swords.”
“That’s enough!” he
replied.
Jesus Prays on the
Mount of
Olives
39 Jesus went out as usual
to the
Mount of
Olives,
and his
disciples
followed
him.
40 On
reaching
the place,
he said to
them,
“Pray that
you will
not fall
into
temptation.”
41 He
withdrew
about a
stone’s
throw
beyond
them,
knelt down
and
prayed,
42 “Father,
if you are
willing,
take this
cup from
me; yet
not my
will, but
yours be
done.”
43 An
angel from
heaven
appeared
to him and
strengthened
him.
44 And
being in
anguish,
he prayed
more
earnestly,
and his
sweat was
like drops
of blood
falling to
the
ground.
45 When he rose from
prayer and
went back
to the
disciples,
he found
them
asleep,
exhausted
from
sorrow.
46 “Why
are you
sleeping?”
he asked
them. “Get
up and
pray so
that you
will not
fall into
temptation.”
Jesus Arrested
47 While he was still
speaking a
crowd came
up, and
the man
who was
called
Judas, one
of the
Twelve,
was
leading
them. He
approached
Jesus to
kiss him,
48 but
Jesus
asked him,
“Judas,
are you
betraying
the Son of
Man with a
kiss?”
49 When Jesus’ followers
saw what
was going
to happen,
they said,
“Lord,
should we
strike
with our
swords?”
50 And one
of them
struck the
servant of
the high
priest,
cutting
off his
right ear.
51 But Jesus answered, “No
more of
this!” And
he touched
the man’s
ear and
healed
him.
52 Then Jesus said to the
chief
priests,
the
officers
of the
temple
guard, and
the
elders,
who had
come for
him, “Am I
leading a
rebellion,
that you
have come
with
swords and
clubs?
53 Every
day I was
with you
in the
temple
courts,
and you
did not
lay a hand
on me. But
this is
your
hour—when
darkness
reigns.”
Peter Disowns Jesus
54 Then seizing him, they
led him
away and
took him
into the
house of
the high
priest.
Peter
followed
at a
distance.
55 And
when some
there had
kindled a
fire in
the middle
of the
courtyard
and had
sat down
together,
Peter sat
down with
them.
56 A
servant
girl saw
him seated
there in
the
firelight.
She looked
closely at
him and
said,
“This man
was with
him.”
57 But he denied it.
“Woman, I
don’t know
him,” he
said.
58 A little later someone
else saw
him and
said, “You
also are
one of
them.”
“Man, I am not!” Peter
replied.
59 About an hour later
another
asserted,
“Certainly
this
fellow was
with him,
for he is
a
Galilean.”
60 Peter replied, “Man, I
don’t know
what
you’re
talking
about!”
Just as he
was
speaking,
the
rooster
crowed.
61 The
Lord
turned and
looked
straight
at Peter.
Then Peter
remembered
the word
the Lord
had spoken
to him:
“Before
the
rooster
crows
today, you
will
disown me
three
times.”
62 And he
went
outside
and wept
bitterly.
The Guards Mock Jesus
63 The men who were
guarding
Jesus
began
mocking
and
beating
him.
64 They
blindfolded
him and
demanded,
“Prophesy!
Who hit
you?”
65 And
they said
many other
insulting
things to
him.
Jesus Before
Pilate and
Herod
66 At daybreak the council
of the
elders of
the
people,
both the
chief
priests
and the
teachers
of the
law, met
together,
and Jesus
was led
before
them.
67 “If
you are
the
Messiah,”
they said,
“tell us.”
Jesus answered, “If I tell
you, you
will not
believe
me,
68 and
if I asked
you, you
would not
answer.
69 But
from now
on, the
Son of Man
will be
seated at
the right
hand of
the mighty
God.”
70 They all asked, “Are
you then
the Son of
God?”
He replied, “You say that
I am.”
71 Then they said, “Why do
we need
any more
testimony?
We have
heard it
from his
own lips.”