14 Now the feast of the pasch, and of the Azymes was after two days; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him, and kill him.

² But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people.

³ And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard: and breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head.

⁴ Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ But Jesus said: Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

⁷ For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.

⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

⁹ Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them.

¹¹ Who hearing it were glad; and they promised him they would give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

¹² Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to him: Whither wilt thou that we go, and prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

¹³ And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith to them: Go ye into the city; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow him;

¹⁴ And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master of the house, The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with my disciples?

¹⁵ And he will shew you a large dining room furnished; and there prepare ye for us.

¹⁶ And his disciples went their way, and came into the city; and they found as he had told them, and they prepared the pasch.

¹⁷ And when evening was come, he cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸ And when they were at table and eating, Jesus saith: Amen I say to you, one of you that eateth with me shall betray me.

¹⁹ But they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I?

²⁰ Who saith to them: One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his hand in the dish.

²¹ And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.

²² And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread; and blessing, broke, and gave to them, and said: Take ye. This is my body.

²³ And having taken the chalice, giving thanks, he gave it to them. And they all drank of it.

²⁴ And he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many.

²⁵ Amen I say to you, that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And when they had said an hymn, they went forth to the mount of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard this night; for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed.

²⁸ But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter saith to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I.

³⁰ And Jesus saith to him: Amen I say to thee, to day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shall deny me thrice.

³¹ But he spoke the more vehemently: Although I should die together with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all.

³² And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray.

³³ And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy.

³⁴ And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here, and watch.

³⁵ And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the ground; and he prayed, that if it might be, the hour might pass from him.

³⁶ And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

³⁷ And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not watch one hour?

³⁸ Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹ And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words.

⁴⁰ And when he returned, he found them again asleep, (for their eyes were heavy,) and they knew not what to answer him.

⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It is enough: the hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Rise up, let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand.

⁴³ And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients.

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed him, had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully.

⁴⁵ And when he was come, immediately going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him.

⁴⁶ But they laid hands on him, and held him.

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁸ And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?

⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away.

⁵¹ And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and they laid hold on him.

⁵² But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked.

⁵³ And they brought Jesus to the high priest; and all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together.

⁵⁴ And Peter followed him from afar off, even into the court of the high priest; and he sat with the servants at the fire, and warmed himself.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none.

⁵⁶ For many bore false witness against him, and their evidences were not agreeing.

⁵⁷ And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:

⁵⁸ We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands.

⁵⁹ And their witness did not agree.

⁶⁰ And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men?

⁶¹ But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ the Son of the blessed God?

⁶² And Jesus said to him: I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

⁶³ Then the high priest rending his garments, saith: What need we any further witnesses?

⁶⁴ You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵ And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him: Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands.

⁶⁶ Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest.

⁶⁷ And when she had seen Peter warming himself, looking on him she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁶⁸ But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew.

⁶⁹ And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by: This is one of them.

⁷⁰ But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean.

⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, saying; I know not this man of whom you speak.

⁷² And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep.

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15 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it.

³ And the chief priests accused him in many things.

⁴ And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? behold in how many things they accuse thee.

⁵ But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered.

⁶ Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.

⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.

⁸ And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them.

⁹ And Pilate answered them, and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

¹² And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?

¹³ But they again cried out: Crucify him.

¹⁴ And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him.

¹⁵ And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace, and they called together the whole band:

¹⁷ And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him.

¹⁸ And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews.

¹⁹ And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.

²⁰ And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own garments on him, and they led him out to crucify him.

²¹ And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.

²² And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.

²³ And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not.

²⁴ And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

²⁵ And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶ And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷ And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.

²⁹ And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it up again;

³⁰ Save thyself, coming down from the cross.

³¹ In like manner also the chief priests mocking, said with the scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save.

³² Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵ And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth Elias.

³⁶ And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down.

³⁷ And Jesus having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the son of God.

⁴⁰ And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph, and Salome:

⁴¹ Who also when he was in Galilee followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.

⁴⁵ And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

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