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¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had concluded all these discourses, that 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 assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.⁴ And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him.⁵ But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

⁶ And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,⁷ there came to him a woman having a vase of aromatic ointment very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he was reclining.⁸ And when his disciples saw [fn] they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste? ⁹ For this [fn] might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor. ¹⁰ But Jesus knew [fn] , and said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? She hath performed a good deed towards me. ¹¹ For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always¹² And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for my burial.¹³ Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this thing that she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,¹⁵ and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver.¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

¹⁷ And on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?¹⁸ And he said to them: Go ye into the city, to such a man, and say to him: Our Rabbi saith, My time approaches: with thee will I keep the Passover with my disciples¹⁹ And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the Passover.²⁰ And when it was evening, he reclined with his twelve disciples.²¹ And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, That one of you will betray me.²² And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord is it I?²³ And he answered and said: One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will betray me.²⁴ And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born.²⁵ Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said.

²⁶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake; and gave to his disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body.²⁷ And he took the cup, and offered thanks and gave [fn] to them, saying: Take, drink of this all of you. ²⁸ This is my blood of the new testament, which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins.²⁹ But I say to you, that I will henceforth not drink of this product of the vine, until the day in which I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of God.³⁰ And they sang praises, and went forth to the mount of Olives.

³¹ Then said Jesus to them: Ye will all be offended in me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed.³² But after I am arisen, I will go before you into Galilee.³³ Cephas replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee.³⁴ Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me.³⁵ Cephas said to him: If I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples.

³⁶ Then came Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray.³⁷ And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful.³⁸ And he said to them: There is anguish in my soul, even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me.³⁹ And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou.⁴⁰ And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour?⁴¹ Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.⁴² Again he went away the second time, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done.⁴³ And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.⁴⁴ And he left them, and went again and prayed the third time, and used the same language.⁴⁵ Then he came to his disciples, and said to them: Sleep on now, and take rest. Behold, the hour is come: and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.⁴⁶ Arise, let us go. Behold, he that betrayeth me hath come.

⁴⁷ And while he was yet speaking, lo, Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, arrived; and a great multitude with him, with swords and clubs, from the presence of the chief priests and elders of the people.⁴⁸ And Judas the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye.⁴⁹ And forthwith he approached Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him: My friend, is it for this thou hast come? Then they came up, and laid their hands on Jesus, and took him.⁵¹ And lo, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.⁵² Then Jesus said to him: Return the sword to its place; for all they that take swords, shall die by swords.⁵³ Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he now assign me more than twelve legions of angels?⁵⁴ But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me.⁵⁶ And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

⁵⁷ And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and Elders were assembled.⁵⁸ And Simon Cephas followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants within, that he might see the issue.⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death;⁶⁰ and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward,⁶¹ and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it.⁶² And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?⁶³ And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said: Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we seek for witnesses? Behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy.⁶⁶ What is your pleasure? They answered and said: He is liable to death.⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him,⁶⁸ and said to him: Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee?

⁶⁹ And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean.⁷⁰ But he denied [fn] before them all, and said: I know not what thou sayest. ⁷¹ And as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean.⁷² And again he denied, with oaths: I know not that man.⁷³ And a little after, those standing [fn] came up and said to Cephas: Certainly, thou too art one of them; and thy speech maketh thee manifest. ⁷⁴ Then he began to imprecate and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour the cock crew.⁷⁵ And Cephas remembered the declaration of Jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly.