Matthew 26:1–16
26 When Jesus had finished saying all these things,k he said to his disciples, 2 “As you know, the Passoverl is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembledm in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,n 4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.o 5 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riotp among the people.”
26:6–13pp—Mk 14:3–9
26:6–13Ref—Lk 7:37,38; Jn 12:1–8
6 While Jesus was in Bethanyq in the home of Simon the Leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9 “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,a r but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.s 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
26:14–16pp—Mk 14:10,11; Lk 22:3–6
14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariott—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.u 16 From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.