1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
2 But they said, “Not during the feast, otherwise there will be a riot among the people.”
3 Meanwhile Jesus was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the house of Simon the leper, and a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment made of pure nard. She broke the alabaster jar and poured the ointment on his head.
4 But some were expressing indignation to oneanother, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?
5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money could have been given to the poor.” So they began scolding her.
6 But Jesus said,
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to deliver Jesus up to them.
11 When they heard why he had come, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he began looking for a way to betray Jesus at an opportune time.
12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, “Where do yoʋ want us to go and make preparations for yoʋ to eat the Passover?”
13 So he sent two of his disciples and said to them,
16 Sohis disciples left, went into the city, and found it just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
17 When it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve.
18 As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said,
19 So they began to be sorrowful and to say one after another, “Surely not I?”and, “Surely not I?”
20 Jesusanswered them,
22 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed it, he broke it, gave it to them, and said,
23 Then he tookthe cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.
24 He said to them,
26 And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 Then Jesus said to them,
29 But Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else falls away, I will not.”
30 Jesus said to him,
31 But Peter saidall the more vehemently, “Even if I must die with yoʋ, I will certainly not deny yoʋ.” And they all said the same thing.
32 Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,
33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly disturbed anddistressed.
34 He said to them,
35 Going a little farther, he fell onthe ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36 He said,
37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,
39 Once again he went away and prayed the same prayer.
40 When hereturned, he found them sleeping again, for their eyes wereheavy, and they did not know what to say in response.
41 Then he came a third time and said to them,
43 Immediately, as he was still speaking,Judas arrived,who was one of the twelve. With him was alarge crowd with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
44 Now his betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, he is the one; arrest him and lead him away under guard.”
45 When Judas came, he immediately went up to Jesus and saidto him, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” And he kissed him.
46 Then they took hold of Jesus and arrested him.
47 But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
48 Then Jesus said to them,
50 Then they all the disciples left him and fled.
51 Now a certain young man was following Jesus, wearing nothing but a linen cloth.The young men tried to seize him,
52 but he left the linen cloth behind and ran awayfrom them naked.
53 Then they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes were assembledtogether with him.
54 Peter had followed Jesus at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the officers, warming himself in the light of the fire.
55 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.
56 For many were giving false testimony against him, but their testimonies did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and gave false testimony against him, declaring,
58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another not made by man.’ ”
59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Do yoʋ make no answer? What are these men testifying against yoʋ?”
61 But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are yoʋ the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62 Jesus said,
63 Then the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
64 You haveheard his blasphemy. What seems right to you?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.
65 Then some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to beat him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the officerskept striking him with the palms of their hands.
66 Now as Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.
67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “Yoʋ also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”
68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what yoʋ are talking about!” Then he went outside to thegateway, and a rooster crowed.
69 When the servant girl sawhim again, she began saying to the people standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”
70 But again he denied it. After a little while, the people standing nearby said to Peter once again, “Truly yoʋ are one of them, for yoʋ also are aGalilean, and yoʋr accent is like theirs.”
71 But he began to invoke curses and to swear, saying, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”
72 Then a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him:And he broke down and wept.