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¹ And when Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,² Ye know that after two days is the Passoever, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.³ Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled together, at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.⁴ And consulted, how they might apprehend Jesus by subtlety and kill him.⁵ But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came to him a woman;⁷ having an alabaster box of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at table.⁸ But his disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.¹⁰ Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why trouble ye the woman?¹¹ She hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.¹² For in pouring this ointment on my body, she hath done it for my burial.¹³ Verily I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also which she hath done shall be spoken for a memorial of her.

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, going to the chief priests,¹⁵ Said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you?¹⁶ And they bargained with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

¹⁷ On tbe 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 to such a man, and say to him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.²⁰ When the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they ate he said, Verily I say to you, One of you will betray me.²¹ And they were exceeding sorrowful and began each of them to say to him,²² Lord, Is it I?²³ And he answering said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.²⁴ The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed: it had been good for that man if he had not been born.²⁵ Then Judas who betrayed him answering said, Master, Is it I? He saith to him, Thou hast said.

²⁶ And after they had eaten, Jesus took bread and blessed and brake and gave it to his disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body.²⁷ And he took the cup, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.²⁸ For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins.²⁹ I say to you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, till the day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.³⁰ And when they had sung the hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

³¹ Then saith Jesus to them, All ye 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.³² But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.³³ Peter answering said to him, Tho' all should be offended at thee, I will never be offended.³⁴ Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, before cock-crowing thou wilt deny me thrice.³⁵ Peter saith to him, If I must die with thee, yet will I in no wise deny thee. In like manner also said all the disciples.

³⁶ Then cometh Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and saith to the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and in deep anguish.³⁸ Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.³⁹ And going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as thou wilt.⁴⁰ And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith to Peter, What! Could ye not watch with me one hour?⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing; but the flesh is weak.⁴² Again the second time he went away and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup cannot pass from me, unless I drink it, thy will be done.⁴³ And he came and found them asleep again; for their eyes were weighed down.⁴⁴ And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.⁴⁵ Then cometh he to his disciples and saith to them, Sleep on now and take your rest: Behold the hour is come, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.⁴⁶ Rise; let us be going: behold he that betrayeth me is at hand.

⁴⁷ And while he was yet speaking, lo Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs 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, is he; seize him.⁴⁹ And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said, Hail, Master, and kissed him.⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him, Friend, Wherefore art thou come? Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took him.⁵¹ And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.⁵² Then said Jesus to him, Put up again thy sword into its place; for all they that take the sword, shall perish by the sword.⁵³ Thinkest thou that I cannot now ask my Father, and he will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?⁵⁴ But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the multitude, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and ye took me not.⁵⁶ But all this is done, that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

⁵⁷ And they that had apprehended Jesus, led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.⁵⁸ But Peter followed him afar off to the high priest's palace, and going in, sat with the officers, to see the end.⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council sought false witness against Jesus,⁶⁰ to put him to death, But found none; yea, tho' many false witnesses came, yet found they none.⁶¹ At last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.⁶² And the high priest rising up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?⁶³ But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, to tell us, if thou art the Christ, the Son of God?⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him, Thou hast said. Moreover I say to you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right-hand of power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven.⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? Behold now ye have heard his blasphemy.⁶⁶ What think ye? They answering said, He is guilty of death.⁶⁷ Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others smote him,⁶⁸ Saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee?

⁶⁹ Now Peter sat without in the hall. And one of the maid-servants came to him saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.⁷⁰ But he denied before all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.⁷¹ And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.⁷² And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.⁷³ And after a while they that stood by, came and said to Peter, Surely thou art also one of them; for thy speech discovereth thee.⁷⁴ Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man.⁷⁵ And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who said to him, Before cock-crowing thou wilt deny me thrice. And he went out and wept bitterly.