Matthew 26:1–29

¹And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, ²Ye know that after two days the passover takes place, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. ³Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, ⁴and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; ⁵but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

⁶But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper’s house, ⁷a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table. ⁸But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end was this waste? ⁹for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor. ¹⁰But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me. ¹¹For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. ¹²For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying. ¹³Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests ¹⁵and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up.

¹⁷Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? ¹⁸And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the passover in thy house with my disciples. ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover. ²⁰And when the evening was come he lay down at table with the twelve. ²¹And as they were eating he said, Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up. ²²And being exceedingly grieved they began to say to him, each of them, Is it I, Lord? ²³But he answering said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, he it is who shall deliver me up. ²⁴The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born. ²⁵And Judas, who delivered him up, answering said, Is it I, Rabbi? He says to him, Thou hast said.

²⁶And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken the bread and blessed, broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. ²⁷And having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. ²⁸For this is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many for remission of sins. ²⁹But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.