Matthew 26:1–29

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples, ²‘Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.’ ³Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas; ⁴and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him, ⁵and they said, ‘Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.’

⁶And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). ⁸And having seen it, his disciples were much displeased, saying, ‘To what purpose is this waste? ⁹for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.’ ¹⁰And Jesus having known, said to them, ‘Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me; ¹¹for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always; ¹²for she having put this ointment on my body—for my burial she did it. ¹³Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of—for a memorial of her.’

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said, ¹⁵‘What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?’ and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings, ¹⁶and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

¹⁷And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, ‘Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?’ ¹⁸and he said, ‘Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;’ ¹⁹and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover. ²⁰And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve, ²¹and while they are eating, he said, ‘Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.’ ²²And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, ‘Is it I, Sir?’ ²³And he answering said, ‘He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up; ²⁴the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.’ ²⁵And Judas—he who delivered him up—answering said, ‘Is it I, Rabbi?’ He saith to him, ‘Thou hast said.’

²⁶And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat, this is my body;’ ²⁷and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, ‘Drink ye of it—all; ²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out—to remission of sins; ²⁹and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.’