Judas’ Bargain

^14 (A)Then one of the twelve, named ^(B)Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵ and said, “What are you willing to give me ^[a]to ^[b](C)betray Him to you?” And ^(D)they set out for him thirty ^[c]pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And from then on he looked for a good opportunity to ^[d]betray ^[e]Jesus.

^10 (A)Then Judas Iscariot, ^(B)who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to ^[a]betray Him to them. ¹¹ They were delighted when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

Preparing the Passover

22 ^(A)Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the ^(B)Passover, was approaching. ² And the chief priests and the scribes ^(C)were trying to find ^[a]a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people.

^3 (D)And ^(E)Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, ^[b]who belonged to the number of the twelve. ⁴ And he left and discussed with the chief priests and ^(F)officers how he was to betray Him to them. ⁵ And they were delighted, and agreed to give him money. ⁶ And so he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them ^[c]away from the crowd.

² And during supper, ^(A)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(B)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ When Jesus had said these things, He ^(A)became troubled in spirit, and ^[a]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that ^(B)one of you will ^[b]betray Me.” ²² The disciples began looking at one another, ^(C)at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. ²³ Lying back on ^(D)Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, ^(E)whom Jesus loved. ²⁴ So Simon Peter *nodded to this disciple and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” ²⁵ He then simply ^(F)leaned back on Jesus’ chest and *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶ Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, ^(G)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ After ^[c]this, ^(H)Satan then ^(I)entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.”