²¹ and while they were eating he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

Jesus Foretells His Betrayal

²¹ After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.”^(A)

²³ and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.^(A)

¹³ And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.^(A)

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”^{(A) 71} He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot,^[a] for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

²¹ But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table.^{(A) 22} For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!”^{(B) 23} Then they began to ask one another which one of them it could be who would do this.

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.

² “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”^(A)