Matthew 26:1-5

Common English Bible

Plot to kill Jesus

26 When Jesus finished speaking all these words, he said to his disciples, ² “You know that the Passover is two days from now. And the Human One^[a] will be handed over to be crucified.”

³ Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest. ⁴ They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him. ⁵ But they agreed that it shouldn’t happen during the feast so there wouldn’t be an uproar among the people.