Matthew 26:1–29

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, ^2aYe know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. ^3bThen assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the ^cpalace of the high priest, who was called ^dCaiaphas, ⁴And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. ⁵But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be ^ddan uproar among the people.

^6eNow when Jesus was in ^fBethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷There came unto him a woman having ^gan alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on ^hhis head, as he sat at meat. ⁸But when ⁱhis disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹For this ointment might have been sold for ^jmuch, and given to the poor. ¹⁰When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹For ^kye have the poor always with you; but ^lme ye have not always. ¹²For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my ^mburial. ¹³Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told ⁿfor a memorial of her.

^14oThen one of the twelve, called ^pJudas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, ¹⁵And said unto them, ^qWhat will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they ^rcovenanted with him for ^sthirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

^17tNow ^uthe first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? ¹⁸And he said, Go into the city ^wto such a man, and say unto him, ^xThe Master saith, ^yMy time is at hand; I will ^zkeep the passover at thy house with my disciples. ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus had ^aappointed them; and they made ready the passover.

²⁰Now ^bwhen the even was come, ^che sat down with the twelve. ²¹And as they did eat, he said, ^dVerily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. ²²And they were exceeding sorrowful, and ^ddbegan every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? ²³And he answered and said, ^eHe that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. ^24fThe Son of man goeth ^gas it is written of him: but ^fhwoe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it ⁱhad been good for that man if he had not been born. ²⁵Then Judas, which betrayed him, ^kanswered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, ^lThou hast said.

^26llAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and ^||blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; ^mthis is my body. ²⁷And he took the cup, and ⁿgave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; ²⁸For ^mthis is my ^oblood of the ^pnew testament, which is shed for ^qmany ^rfor the remission of sins. ²⁹But ^sI say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you ^tin my Father’s kingdom.