Matthew 26:17-25

International Standard Version

The Passover with the Disciples^(A)

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival^[a] of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

¹⁸ He said, “Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”^{[b] 19} So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

²⁰ When evening came, Jesus^[c] was sitting at the table with the Twelve.^{[d] 21} While they were eating, he said, “I tell all of you^[e] with certainty, one of you is going to betray me.”

²² Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to ask him, “Surely I am not the one, Lord?”

²³ He replied, “The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. ²⁴ The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him. How terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, “Rabbi,^[f] I’m not the one, am I?”

Jesus^[g] told him, “You have said so.”