26 When 1 Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over 2 to be crucified.” 3 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They 4 planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” 5
6 Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar 6 of expensive perfumed oil, 7 and she poured it on his head as he was at the table. 8 8 When 9 the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, “Why this waste? 9 It 10 could have been sold at a high price and the money 11 given to the poor!” 10 When 12 Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She 13 has done a good service for me. 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me! 14 12 When 15 she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 I tell you the truth, 16 wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
14 Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” 17 So they set out thirty silver coins for him. 16 From that time 18 on, Judas 19 began looking for an opportunity to betray him.
17 Now on the first day of the feast of 20 Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, 21 “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 22 18 He 23 said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’” 19 So 24 the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover. 20 When 25 it was evening, he took his place at the table 26 with the twelve. 27 21 And while they were eating he said, “I tell you the truth, 28 one of you will betray me.” 29 22 They 30 became greatly distressed 31 and each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?” 23 He 32 answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me 33 will betray me. 24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.” 25 Then 34 Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus 35 replied, “You have said it yourself.”
26 While 36 they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” 27 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood, the blood 37 of the covenant, 38 that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I 39 tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit 40 of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” 30 After 41 singing a hymn, 42 they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 43
32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 33 Peter 44 said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!” 34 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, 45 on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” 35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.
36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, 46 “My Father, if possible, 47 let this cup 48 pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He 49 said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 He went away a second time and prayed, 50 “My Father, if this cup 51 cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.” 43 He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. 52 44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer 53 is approaching!”
47 While he was still speaking, Judas, 54 one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 (Now the betrayer 55 had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. 56 Arrest him!”) 57 49 Immediately 58 he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him. 59 50 Jesus 60 said to him, “Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and took hold 61 of Jesus and arrested him. 51 But 62 one of those with Jesus grabbed 63 his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, 64 cutting off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! 65 For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions 66 of angels right now? 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?” 55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? 67 Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet 68 you did not arrest me. 56 But this has happened so that 69 the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house 70 the experts in the law 71 and the elders had gathered. 58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After 72 going in, he sat with the guards 73 to see the outcome. 59 The 74 chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally 75 two came forward 61 and declared, “This man 76 said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 62 So 77 the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?” 63 But Jesus was silent. The 78 high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, 79 the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand 80 of the Power 81 and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 82 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, 83 “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now 84 you have heard the blasphemy! 66 What is your verdict?” 85 They 86 answered, “He is guilty and deserves 87 death.” 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him, 68 saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! 88 Who hit you?” 89
69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A 90 slave girl 91 came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it in front of them all: 92 “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” 71 When 93 he went out to the gateway, another slave girl 94 saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.” 72 He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!” 73 After 95 a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent 96 gives you away!” 74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 97 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. 98
27 When 1 it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. 2 They 2 tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate 3 the governor. 4
3 Now when 5 Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus 6 had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 5 So 7 Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. 6 The 8 chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 After 9 consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. 8 For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood” to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah 10 the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel, 11 10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” 12
11 Then 13 Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, 14 “Are you the king 15 of the Jews?” Jesus 16 said, “You say so.” 17 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond. 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?” 14 But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.
15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, 18 whomever they wanted. 16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus 19 Barabbas. 17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus 20 Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” 21 18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) 22 19 As 23 he was sitting on the judgment seat, 24 his wife sent a message 25 to him: 26 “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; 27 I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream 28 about him today.” 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. 21 The 29 governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” 30 They all said, “Crucify him!” 31 23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”
24 When 32 Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 33 25 In 34 reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” 26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, 35 he handed him over 36 to be crucified. 37 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence 38 and gathered the whole cohort 39 around him. 28 They 40 stripped him and put a scarlet robe 41 around him, 29 and after braiding 42 a crown of thorns, 43 they put it on his head. They 44 put a staff 45 in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: 46 “Hail, king of the Jews!” 47 30 They 48 spat on him and took the staff 49 and struck him repeatedly 50 on the head. 31 When 51 they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then 52 they led him away to crucify him.
32 As 53 they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced 54 to carry his cross. 55 33 They 56 came to a place called Golgotha 57 (which means “Place of the Skull”) 58 34 and offered Jesus 59 wine mixed with gall to drink. 60 But after tasting it, he would not drink it. 35 When 61 they had crucified 62 him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice. 63 36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. 37 Above 64 his head they put the charge against him, 65 which read: 66 “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.” 38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39 Those 67 who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! 68 If you are God’s Son, come down 69 from the cross!” 41 In 70 the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law 71 and elders 72 – were mocking him: 73 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down 74 now from the cross, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now 75 because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!” 44 The 76 robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. 77
45 Now from noon until three, 78 darkness came over all the land. 79 46 At 80 about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, 81 “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 82 47 When 83 some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 48 Immediately 84 one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, 85 put it on a stick, 86 and gave it to him to drink. 49 But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.” 87 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 51 Just then 88 the temple curtain 89 was torn in two, from top to bottom. The 90 earth shook and the rocks were split apart. 52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died 91 were raised. 53 (They 92 came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) 54 Now when the centurion 93 and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!” 55 Many 94 women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support 95 were also there, watching from a distance. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 Now 96 when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 97 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 98 Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph 99 took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 100 60 and placed it 101 in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. 102 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance 103 of the tomb and went away. 61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
62 The 104 next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees 105 assembled before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body 106 and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “Take 107 a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 66 So 108 they went with the soldiers 109 of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
28 Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord 1 descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 3 His 2 appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The 3 guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him. 5 But the angel said 4 to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know 5 that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 6 He is not here, for he has been raised, 7 just as he said. Come and see the place where he 8 was lying. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He 9 is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!” 8 So 10 they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 But 11 Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They 12 came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
11 While 13 they were going, some 14 of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After 15 they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body 16 while we were asleep.’ 14 If 17 this matter is heard before the governor, 18 we will satisfy him 19 and keep you out of trouble.” 20 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. 21
16 So 22 the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated. 17 When 23 they saw him, they worshiped him, 24 but some doubted. 25 18 Then Jesus came up and said to them, 26 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go 27 and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 28 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, 29 I am with you 30 always, to the end of the age.” 31
