After two
days was the feast of the passover, and of
unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the
scribes sought how they might take him by craft,
and put him to death.
02 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest
there be an uproar of the people.
03 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the
leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman
having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard
very precious; and she brake the box, and poured
it on his head.
04 And there were some that had indignation
within themselves, and said, Why was this waste
of the ointment made?
05 For it might have been sold for more than
three hundred pence, and have been given to the
poor. And they murmured against her.
06 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on
me.
07 For ye have the poor
with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do
them good: but me ye have not always.
08 She hath done what she
could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to
the burying.
09 Verily I say unto you,
Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this also that she
hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of
her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the
twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray
him unto them.
11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and
promised to give him money. And he sought how he
might conveniently betray him.
12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when
they killed the passover, his disciples said unto
him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that
thou mayest eat the passover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and
saith unto them,Go ye into the city, and
there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of
water: follow him.
14 And wheresoever he shall
go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The
Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I
shall eat the passover with my disciples?
15 And he will shew you a
large upper room furnished and prepared: there
make ready for us.
16 And his disciples went forth,
and came into the city, and found as he had said
unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I
say unto you, One of you which eateth with me
shall betray me.
19 And they began to be sorrowful,
and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and
another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is
one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the
dish.
21 The Son of man indeed
goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that
man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were
it for that man if he had never been born.
22 And as they did eat, Jesus took
bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to
them, and said, Take, eat: this is my
body.
23 And he took the cup, and when
he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they
all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, This is
my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many.
25 Verily I say unto you, I
will drink no more of the fruit of the vine,
until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom
of God.
26 And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye
shall be offended because of me this night: for
it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the
sheep shall be scattered.
28 But after that I am
risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
29 But Peter said unto him,
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, That this day, even in this night,
before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
31 But he spake the more
vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not
deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they
all.
32 And they came to a place which was named
Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye
here, while I shall pray.
33 And he taketh with him Peter
and James and John, and began to be sore amazed,
and to be very heavy;
34 And saith unto them, My soul
is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here,
and watch.
35 And he went forward a little,
and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it
were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things
are possible unto thee; take away this cup from
me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou
wilt.
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37 And he cometh, and findeth them
sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon,
sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
38 Watch ye and pray, lest
ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is
ready, but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went away, and
prayed, and spake the same words.
40 And when he returned, he found them asleep
again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist
they what to answer him.
41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto
them, Sleep on now, and take your rest:
it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son
of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise up, let us go; lo,
he that betrayeth me is at hand.
43 And immediately, while he yet
spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves,
from the chief priests and the scribes and the
elders.
44 And he that betrayed him had given them a
token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same
is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth
straightway to him, and saith, Master, master;
and kissed him.
46 And they laid their hands on him, and took
him.
47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword,
and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut
off his ear.
48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye
come out, as against a thief, with swords and
with staves to take me?
49 I was daily with you in
the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the
scriptures must be fulfilled.
50 And they all forsook him, and
fled.
51 And there followed him a certain young man,
having a linen cloth cast about his naked body;
and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from
them naked.
53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest:
and with him were assembled all the chief priests
and the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the
palace of the high priest: and he sat with the
servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
55 And the chief priests and all the council
sought for witness against Jesus to put him to
death; and found none.
56 For many bare false witness against him, but
their witness agreed not together.
57 And there arose certain, and bare false
witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple
that is made with hands, and within three days I
will build another made without hands.
59 But neither so did their witness agree
together.
60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and
asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what
is it which these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing.
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto
him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see
the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63 Then the high priest rent his
clothes, and saith, What need we any further
witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?
And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover
his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him,
Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with
the palms of their hands.
66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there
cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she
looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast
with Jesus of Nazareth.
68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
understand I what thou sayest. And he went out
into the porch; and the cock crew.
69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to
them that stood by, This is one of them.
70 And he denied it again. And a little after,
they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely
thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean,
and thy speech agreeth thereto.
71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I
know not this man of whom ye speak.
72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter
called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him,
Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
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