Matthew 26:6-30

English Standard Version

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

⁶^(A)Now when Jesus was at ^(B)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,^[a] ⁷a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. ⁸And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? ⁹For this could have been sold for a large sum and ^(C)given to the poor.” ¹⁰But ^(D)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹For ^(E)you always have the poor with you, but ^(F)you will not always have me. ¹²In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it ^(G)to prepare me for burial. ¹³Truly, I say to you, wherever ^(H)this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told ^(I)in memory of her.”

Judas to Betray Jesus

¹⁴^(J)Then one of the twelve, whose name was ^(K)Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they ^(L)paid him ^(M)thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from that moment he sought an opportunity ^(N)to betray him.

The Passover with the Disciples

¹⁷^(O)Now on ^(P)the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” ¹⁸He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ^(Q)‘The Teacher says, ^(R)My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

²⁰^(S)When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.^[b] ²¹And as they were eating, ^(T)he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” ²²And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” ²³He answered, ^(U)“He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. ²⁴The Son of Man goes ^(V)as it is written of him, but ^(W)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^(X)It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” ²⁵Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, ^(Y)Rabbi?” He said to him, ^(Z)“You have said so.”

Institution of the Lord's Supper

²⁶^(AA)Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and ^(AB)after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; ^(AC)this is my body.” ²⁷And he took a cup, and when he ^(AD)had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, ²⁸for ^(AE)this is my ^(AF)blood of the^[c] covenant, which is poured out for ^(AG)many ^(AH)for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you ^(AI)in my Father's kingdom.”