Matthew 26:14-35
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.(A) 16 And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
The Passover with the Disciples
17 On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’ ”(B) 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.(C)
20 When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve disciples,[a] 21 and while they were eating he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?” 23 He answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.(D) 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.” 25 Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” He replied, “You have said so.”
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it[b] he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”(E) 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[c] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.(F) 29 I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”(G)
30 When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.(H)
Peter’s Denial Foretold
31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away[d] because of me this night, for it is written,
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’(I)
32 “But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”(J) 33 Peter said to him, “Even if all fall away[e] because of you, I will never fall away.”[f] 34 Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.”(K) 35 Peter said to him, “Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And so said all the disciples.(L)
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