John 13:18–27

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

“I am not referring to all of you;^a I know those I have chosen.^b But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture:^c ‘He who shared my bread^d has lifted up his heel^e against me.’^f

“I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe^g that I am who I am.^h Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”ⁱ

After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit^j and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”^k

His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved,^l was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”

Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”^m

Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas,ⁿ the son of Simon Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.^o

So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”