Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

12 We have all these people all around us, proving to us that we should believe God. So then, like people running a race, we must take off everything that is heavy. We must put off all wrong, wrong things that get in our way. We must not stop running until we reach the mark that has been put in front of us.

² We must keep our eyes on Jesus. He believed from first to last. What was put in front of him made him glad, so he did not give up when the people nailed him on a cross. He did not care about the shame. And now he is sitting beside God.

³ Think about him. He did not give up when bad people said wrong things about him. When you think about him, you will not become tired and your hearts will not give up.

²¹ When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his heart. He said, `I tell you the truth. One of you will give me over to people who hate me.'

²² The disciples looked at one another. They did not know which one of them Jesus was talking about.

²³ The disciple Jesus loved was at his right side.

²⁴ Simon Peter nodded to that disciple. He said, `Tell us who he is talking about.'

²⁵ He who was at Jesus' right side said to Jesus, `Lord, who is it?'

²⁶ Jesus answered, `I will put a piece of bread in the dish. Then I will give it to that one.' He put in the bread, then he took it and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

²⁷ Right after Jesus had given the bread, Satan came into Judas. Then Jesus said to him, `What you are going to do, do right away.'

²⁸ No one at the table knew why Jesus said, `Do it right away.'

²⁹ Judas had the money bag. Some thought that Jesus was telling him, `Buy what we need for the feast,' or that he wanted Judas to give something to the poor people.

³⁰ Judas went out right after he had taken the bread. It was night.

³¹ When he had gone out, Jesus said, `Now the Son of Man is very great. And he has made God's name great.

³² If he has made God's name great, God also will make him great by his own power. He will do it right away.