3 Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest named Caiaphas, 4 and took counsel to take Jesus by cunning and kill him.  5 But they said, Only not on the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people. 

     6 And it came to pass, while Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 that a woman came to him with an alabaster vessel of precious ointment, and poured it on his head.  8 And when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, and said, "Why is this waste?"  9 For it would be possible to sell this ointment for a great price, and give it to the poor.  10 But Jesus, having understood this, said to them, 'Why do you trouble the woman? she has done a good deed for me: 11 for you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.  12 And having poured this myrrh upon my body, she prepared me for burial;  13 Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, it shall be spoken in remembrance of her, and of what she has done.  14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 15 and said, 'What will you give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' They offered him thirty pieces of silver;  16 And from that time on, he sought an opportunity to betray Him.

     17 And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where dost thou command us to prepare the passover for thee?  18 And he said, 'Go into the city to so-and-so, and say to him, 'The Master says, 'My time is at hand; with you I will celebrate the Passover with My disciples.  19 And the disciples did as Jesus had commanded them, and prepared the Passover. 

     20 And when evening was come, he sat down with the twelve disciples;  21 and as they were eating, he said, 'Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.'  22 And they were very grieved, and they began to say to him, every one of them, 'Is it not I, Lord?'  23 And he answered and said, 'He who has put his hand into the dish with me, this one will betray me;  24 Yet the Son of Man is coming, as it is written of Him, but woe to the man to whom the Son of Man is betrayed: it would have been better for this man not to have been born.  25 And Judas, too, who betrayed him, said, 'Am I not I, Rabbi?' Jesus said to him, "You have spoken." 

     26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and having blessed, he broke it, and having distributed it to the disciples, he said, 'Take, eat: this is my body.'  27 And having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, 'Drink of it, all of you,28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.'  29 But I say unto you, that henceforth I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until the day that I drink new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father. 

     30 And having sung, they went up to the Mount of Olives.  31 Then Jesus said to them, 'You will all be offended in me this night, for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered;  32 And after my resurrection I will go before you in Galilee.  33 Peter answered and said to him, "If all men also be offended because of you, I will never be offended."  34 Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, that this night, before the crows, you will deny me three times."  35 Peter said to him, 'Though I ought to die with you, I will not deny you.' All the disciples said the same. 

     36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go and pray there."  37 And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to grieve and grieve.  38 Then Jesus said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful unto death; stay here and watch with me.  39 And having gone a little farther, he fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father! if possible, let this cup pass from Me; however, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.  40 And he came to the disciples, and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, Could ye not watch with me for one hour?  41 Watch and pray, that ye may not fall into temptation: the spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak.  42 Again, having departed another time, he prayed, saying, 'My Father! if this cup cannot pass from Me, that I may not drink it, Thy will be done.  43 And when he came, he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.  44 And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed a third time, saying the same word.  45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, 'Are you still asleep and resting?' behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners;  46 Arise, let us go: behold, he who betrays me is at hand. 

     47 And while he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a multitude of people with swords and stakes, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.  48 And he who betrayed him made a sign to them, saying, 'Whom I will kiss, this is the one, take him.'  49 And straightway he came up to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi! And he kissed Him.  50 And Jesus said to him, 'Friend, why have you come?' Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus, and took Him.  51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.  52 Then Jesus said to him, 'Put your sword back in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword;  53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will give Me more than twelve legions of Angels?  54 How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?  55 And in that hour Jesus said to the people, 'As if you had gone out against a thief with swords and stakes to take me; I sat with you every day, teaching in the temple, and you did not take me.  56 And all these things were done, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples, leaving Him, fled. 

     57 And those who took Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.  58 And Peter followed him from afar, to the court of the high priest; And going in, he sat down with the attendants to see the end.  59 The chief priests and the elders and all the Sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus in order to put Him to death, 60 and did not find; And, although many false witnesses came, they did not find them. But at last two false witnesses came and said, "He said, 'I can destroy the temple of God, and build it in three days.'  62 And the high priest arose, and said to him, 'Why then do you answer nothing?' why do they bear witness against Thee?  E-63 Jesus was silent. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, tell us, art thou the Christ, the Son of God?  64 Jesus said to him, "You have spoken; even I say unto you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.  65 Then the high priest tore his garments, and said, 'He blasphemes! What else do we have witnesses for? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy!  E-66 What do you think? And they answered and said, I am guilty of death.  67 Then they spat in His face, and shook Him; and others smote Him on the cheeks,68 and said, "Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who smote Thee?" 

     69 And Peter was setting outside in the courtyard. And a maidservant came to him, and said, "And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee."  70 But he denied it before all, saying, 'I do not know what you say.'  71 And as he was going out of the gate, another woman saw him, and said to those who were there, 'This one was also with Jesus of Nazareth.'  72 And again he denied with an oath that he did not know this man.  73 And it came to pass that those who stood there came near, and said unto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them, for thy speech also convicts thee.  74 Then he began to swear and swear that he did not know this man. And suddenly a rooster crowed.  75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had spoken to him, 'Before the crows, thou shalt deny me three times.' And when he went out, he wept bitterly. 

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     1 And it came to pass, when the morning came, that all the chief priests, and the elders of the people, took counsel concerning Jesus, that they might put him to death;  2 And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 

     3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, 'I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.' And they said to him, What have we to do with this? See for yourself.  5 And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he went out, and went, and hanged himself.  6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury of the church, for it is the price of blood.  7 And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter's land for the burial of strangers;  8 Wherefore that land is called "the land of blood" to this day.  9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, who said, "And they took thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one who was valued, whom the children of Israel valued, 10 and gave them for the potter's land, as the Lord had told me." 

     11 And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "You speak."  12 And when the chief priests and the elders accused him, he answered nothing.  13 Then Pilate said to him, 'Do you not hear how many testify against you?'  14 And he answered him not one word, so that the governor was greatly astonished.  15 And on the feast of the Passover, it was the custom of the governor to release to the people one prisoner whom they wanted.  16 At that time there was among them a famous prisoner, called Barabbas;  17 So when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called the Christ?'  18 for he knew that they had betrayed him out of envy.  19 And while he was sitting in the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Do nothing unto that righteous one, for I have suffered much this day in a dream for his sake.  20 But the chief priests and the elders stirred up the people to ask Barabbas, and to destroy Joshua.  21 Then the governor asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' They said, Barabbas.  22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" Everyone said to him: let him be crucified.  23 And the governor said, 'What evil has he done?' But they cried out even more loudly: let him be crucified.  24 And Pilate, seeing that nothing was of avail, but that the confusion was increasing, took some water, and washed his hands before the people, and said, 'I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; See you.  25 And answering, all the people said, 'His blood be on us and on our children.'  26 Then he released Barabbas to them, and having beaten Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.