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¹ And the Passover and the Unleavened [Bread] were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of Him, they might kill Him;² and they said, "Not in the celebration, lest there will be a tumult of the people."³ And He, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at His reclining, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, poured [it] on His head;⁴ and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, "For what has this waste of the ointment been made?⁵ For this could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor"; and they were murmuring at her.⁶ And Jesus said, "Leave her alone; why are you giving her trouble? She worked a good work on Me;⁷ for you always have the poor with you, and whenever you may will you are able to do them good, but you do not always have Me;⁸ she did what she could, she anticipated to anoint My body for the embalming.⁹ Truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of—for a memorial of her."¹⁰ And Judas the Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver Him up to them,¹¹ and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver Him up.

¹² And the first day of the Unleavened [Bread], when they were killing the Passover, His disciples say to Him, "Where will You, [that] having gone, we may prepare, that You may eat the Passover?"¹³ And He sends forth two of His disciples and says to them, "Go away into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you, follow him;¹⁴ and wherever he may go in, say to the master of the house: The Teacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, where the Passover, with My disciples, I may eat?¹⁵ And he will show you a large upper room, furnished, prepared—make ready for us there."¹⁶ And His disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as He said to them, and they made ready the Passover.¹⁷ And evening having come, He comes with the Twelve,¹⁸ and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you who is eating with Me will deliver Me up."¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, "Is it I?" And another, "Is it I?"²⁰ And He answering said to them, "One of the Twelve who is dipping with Me in the dish;²¹ 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 to him if that man had not been born."²² And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, broke, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."²³ And having taken the cup, having given thanks, He gave to them, and they drank of it—all;²⁴ and He said to them, "This is My blood of the New Covenant, which is being poured out for many;²⁵ truly I say to you that I may drink no more of the produce of the vine until that day when I may drink it new in the Kingdom of God."²⁶ And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the Mount of Olives,²⁷ and Jesus says to them, "All of you will be stumbled at Me this night, because it has been written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered abroad;²⁸ but after My having risen I will go before you to Galilee."²⁹ And Peter said to Him, "And if all will be stumbled, yet not I."³⁰ And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that today, this night, before a rooster will crow twice, three times you will deny Me."³¹ And he spoke the more vehemently, "If it may be necessary for me to die with You—I will in no way deny You"; and in like manner also said they all.

³² And they come to a spot, the name of which [is] Gethsemane, and He says to His disciples, "Sit here until I may pray";³³ and He takes Peter, and James, and John with Him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,³⁴ and He says to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful—to death; remain here, and watch."³⁵ And having gone forward a little, He fell on the earth, and was praying that, if it be possible, the hour may pass from Him,³⁶ and He said, "Abba, Father; all things are possible to You; make this cup pass from Me; but not what I will, but what You [will]."³⁷ And He comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, "Simon, you sleep! You were not able to watch one hour!³⁸ Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak."³⁹ And again having gone away, He prayed, saying the same word;⁴⁰ and having returned, He found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer Him.⁴¹ And He comes the third time and says to them, "Sleep on from now on, and rest—it is over; the hour came; behold, the Son of Man is delivered up into the hands of the sinful;⁴² rise, we may go, behold, he who is delivering Me up has come near."

⁴³ And immediately—while He is yet speaking—Judas comes near, one of the Twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;⁴⁴ and he who is delivering Him up had given a token to them, saying, "Whomsoever I will kiss, it is He, lay hold on Him, and lead Him away safely,"⁴⁵ and having come, immediately, having gone near Him, he says, "Rabbi, Rabbi," and kissed Him.⁴⁶ And they laid on Him their hands, and kept hold on Him;⁴⁷ and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.⁴⁸ And Jesus answering said to them, "As against a robber you came out, with swords and sticks, to take Me!⁴⁹ Daily I was with you teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hold on Me—but that the Writings may be fulfilled."⁵⁰ And having left Him they all fled;⁵¹ and a certain young man was following Him, having cast a linen cloth on [his] naked [body], and the young men lay hold on him,⁵² and he, having left the linen cloth, fled from them naked.

⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the chief priest, and all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes come together;⁵⁴ and Peter followed Him far off, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus—to put Him to death, and they were not finding,⁵⁶ for many were bearing false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not alike.⁵⁷ And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against Him, saying,⁵⁸ "We heard Him saying, I will throw down this temple made with hands, and by three days, I will build another made without hands";⁵⁹ and neither so was their testimony alike.⁶⁰ And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, "You do not answer anything! Why do these testify against You?"⁶¹ And He was keeping silent and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning Him and says to Him, "Are You the Christ—the Son of the Blessed?"⁶² And Jesus said, "I AM; and you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of Heaven."⁶³ And the chief priest, having torn his garments, says, "What need have we yet of witnesses?⁶⁴ You heard the slander, what appears to you?" And they all condemned Him to be worthy of death,⁶⁵ and certain began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to punch Him, and to say to Him, "Prophesy"; and the officers were striking Him with their palms.

⁶⁶ And Peter being in the hall beneath, there comes one of the maids of the chief priest,⁶⁷ and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, "And you were with Jesus of Nazareth!"⁶⁸ And he denied, saying, "I have not known [Him], neither do I understand what you say"; and he went forth outside to the porch, and a rooster crowed.⁶⁹ And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near, "This is of them";⁷⁰ and he was again denying. And after a while again, those standing near said to Peter, "Truly you are of them, for you also are a Galilean, and your speech is alike";⁷¹ and he began to curse, and to swear, "I have not known this Man of whom you speak";⁷² and a second time a rooster crowed, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you may deny Me three times"; and having thought thereon—he was weeping.