John 13:21-30

International Children’s Bible

Jesus Talks About His Death

²¹ After Jesus said this, he was very troubled. He said openly, “I tell you the truth. One of you will turn against me.”

²² The followers all looked at each other. They did not know whom Jesus was talking about. ²³ One of the followers was sitting^[a] next to Jesus. This was the follower Jesus loved. ²⁴ Simon Peter made signs to him to ask Jesus who it was that he was talking about.

²⁵ That follower leaned closer to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it that will turn against you?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “I will dip this bread into the dish. The man I give it to is the man who will turn against me.” So Jesus took a piece of bread. He dipped it and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus said to Judas, “The thing that you will do—do it quickly!” ²⁸ None of the men at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas. ²⁹ He was the one who kept the money box. So some of the followers thought that Jesus was telling Judas to buy what was needed for the feast. Or they thought that Jesus wanted Judas to give something to the poor.

³⁰ Judas accepted the bread Jesus gave him and immediately went out. It was night.