1 When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, 2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor."

10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me. 11 For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me. 12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."

14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you?" So they weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."’"

19 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.

20 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. 21 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

22 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn’t me, is it, Lord?"

23 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

25 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?"

He said to him, "You said it."

26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it, 28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom."

30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

33 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

35 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me."

39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."

40 He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

42 Again, a second time he went away and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."

43 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words. 45 Then he came to his disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."

47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him." 49 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him.

50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?"

Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 51 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"

55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. 56 But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled."

Then all the disciples left him and fled.

57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. 58 But Peter followed him from a distance to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward 61 and said, "This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’"

62 The high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?" 63 But Jesus stayed silent. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

64 Jesus said to him, "You have said so. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

65 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. 66 What do you think?"

They answered, "He is worthy of death!" 67 Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, 68 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"

69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"

70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don’t know what you are talking about."

71 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."

72 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don’t know the man."

73 After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."

74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don’t know the man!"

Immediately the rooster crowed. 75 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." Then he went out and wept bitterly.

1 En toe Jesus al hierdie woorde geëindig het, sê Hy vir sy dissipels:

2 Julle weet dat oor twee dae die pasga kom, dan word die Seun van die mens oorgelewer om gekruisig te word.

3 Toe kom die owerpriesters en die skrifgeleerdes en die ouderlinge van die volk bymekaar in die paleis van die hoëpriester wat K jafas genoem word,

4 en hou saam raad om Jesus met lis gevange te neem en om die lewe te bring.

5 Maar hulle het gesê: Nie op die fees nie, sodat daar nie miskien oproer onder die volk kom nie.

6 En toe Jesus in Bet nië was in die huis van Simon, die melaatse,

7 kom 'n vrou na Hom met 'n albaste fles met baie kosbare salf, en sy gooi dit op sy hoof uit terwyl Hy aan tafel was.

8 En toe sy dissipels dit sien, was hulle verontwaardig en sê: Waarvoor is hierdie verkwisting?

9 Want hierdie salf kon duur verkoop en die geld aan die armes gegee geword het.

10 Maar toe Jesus dit merk, sê Hy vir hulle: Waarom val julle die vrou lastig? Want sy het 'n goeie werk aan My gedoen.

11 Want die armes het julle altyd by julle, maar My het julle nie altyd nie.

12 Want toe sy hierdie salf op my liggaam uitgegooi het, het sy dit gedoen met die oog op my begrafnis.

13 Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, oral waar hierdie evangelie verkondig sal word in die hele wêreld, sal ook gespreek word van wat sy gedoen het, tot 'n gedagtenis aan haar.

14 Toe gaan een van die twaalf, met die naam van Judas Isk riot, na die owerpriesters

15 en sê: Wat wil u my gee, en ek sal Hom aan u oorlewer? En hulle het vir hom dertig silwerstukke afgeweeg.

16 En van toe af het hy 'n goeie geleentheid gesoek om Hom oor te lewer.

17 En op die eerste dag van die ongesuurde brode kom die dissipels na Jesus en sê vir Hom: Waar wil U hê moet ons vir U klaarmaak om die pasga te eet?

18 En Hy antwoord: Gaan na die stad na 'n sekere iemand en sê vir hom: Die Meester laat weet: My tyd is naby. By jou sal Ek die pasga hou met my dissipels.

19 Daarop het die dissipels gedoen soos Jesus hulle beveel het, en hulle het die pasga berei.

20 En toe dit aand geword het, was Hy met die twaalf aan tafel.

21 En terwyl hulle eet, sê Hy: Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, een van julle sal My verraai.

22 Toe word hulle baie bedroef en begin elkeen van hulle aan Hom te sê: Is dit miskien ek, Here?

23 Toe antwoord Hy en sê: Hy wat saam met My sy hand in die skottel insteek, hy sal My verraai.

24 Die Seun van die mens gaan wel heen soos daar van Hom geskrywe is, maar wee daardie man deur wie die Seun van die mens verraai word! Dit sou vir hom goed gewees het as daardie man nie gebore was nie.

25 En Judas, wat Hom sou verraai, antwoord en sê: Is dit miskien ek, Rabbi? Hy antwoord hom: Jy het dit gesê.

26 En terwyl hulle eet, neem Jesus die brood, en nadat Hy gedank het, breek Hy dit en gee dit aan sy dissipels en sê: Neem, eet, dit is my liggaam.

27 Toe neem Hy die beker, en nadat Hy gedank het, gee Hy dit aan hulle en sê: Drink almal daaruit.

28 Want dit is my bloed, die bloed van die nuwe testament, wat vir baie uitgestort word tot vergifnis van sondes.

29 Maar Ek sê vir julle: Ek sal van nou af nooit meer van hierdie vrug van die wynstok drink nie, tot op daardie dag wanneer Ek dit met julle nuut sal drink in die koninkryk van my Vader.

30 En nadat hulle die lofsang gesing het, het hulle uitgegaan na die Olyfberg.

31 Toe sê Jesus vir hulle: Julle sal almal in hierdie nag aanstoot neem aan My, want daar is geskrywe: Ek sal die herder slaan, en die skape van die kudde sal verstrooi word.

32 Maar nadat Ek opgestaan het, sal Ek voor julle uit na Galil,a gaan.

33 Daarop antwoord Petrus en sê vir Hom: Al sal almal ook aanstoot aan U neem, ek sal nooit aanstoot neem nie.

34 Jesus sê vir hom: Voorwaar Ek sê vir jou, in hierdie nag, voordat die haan gekraai het, sal jy My drie maal verloën.

35 Petrus sê vir Hom: Al moes ek ook saam met U sterwe, ek sal U nooit verloën nie! So het ook al die dissipels gesê.

36 Toe kom Jesus met hulle in 'n plek met die naam van Gets,man,, en Hy sê vir die dissipels: Sit hier onderwyl Ek daar gaan bid.

37 En Hy neem Petrus en die twee seuns van Sebed,s saam en begin bedroef en benoud word.

38 Toe sê Hy vir hulle: My siel is diep bedroef tot die dood toe; bly hier en waak saam met My.

39 En Hy het 'n bietjie verder gegaan en op sy aangesig geval en gebid en gesê: My Vader, as dit moontlik is, laat hierdie beker by My verbygaan; nogtans nie soos Ek wil nie, maar soos U wil.

40 En Hy kom by die dissipels en vind hulle aan die slaap, en Hy sê vir Petrus: So was julle dan nie in staat om een uur saam met My te waak nie?

41 Waak en bid, dat julle nie in versoeking kom nie. Die gees is wel gewillig, maar die vlees is swak.

42 Weer het Hy vir die tweede maal gaan bid en gesê: My Vader, as hierdie beker nie by My kan verbygaan sonder dat Ek dit drink nie, laat u wil geskied.

43 Toe kom Hy en vind hulle weer aan die slaap, want hulle oë was swaar.

44 En Hy het hulle met rus gelaat en weer vir die derde maal gaan bid en dieselfde woorde gesê.

45 Daarop kom Hy by sy dissipels en sê vir hulle: Slaap maar voort en rus. Kyk, die uur is naby, en die Seun van die mens word oorgelewer in die hande van sondaars.

46 Staan op, laat ons gaan; kyk, hy is naby wat My verraai.

47 En terwyl Hy nog spreek, daar kom Judas, een van die twaalf, en saam met hom 'n groot menigte met swaarde en stokke, gestuur deur die owerpriesters en ouderlinge van die volk.

48 En sy verraaier het vir hulle 'n teken gegee en gesê: Die een wat ek sal soen, dit is Hy, gryp Hom!

49 En dadelik gaan hy na Jesus en sê: Gegroet, Rabbi! en hy het Hom gesoen.

50 Maar Jesus sê vir hom: Vriend, waarvoor is jy hier? Toe kom hulle nader en slaan die hande aan Jesus en gryp Hom.

51 En een van die wat saam met Jesus was, het meteens sy hand uitgesteek en sy swaard getrek; en hy het die dienskneg van die hoëpriester geslaan en sy oor afgekap.

52 Toe sê Jesus vir hom: Sit jou swaard in sy plek terug; want almal wat die swaard neem, sal deur die swaard vergaan.

53 Of dink jy dat Ek nie nou my Vader kan bid en Hy vir My meer as twaalf legioene van engele beskikbaar sal stel nie?

54 Hoe sou die Skrifte dan vervul word dat dit so moet gebeur?

55 In daardie uur het Jesus vir die skare gesê: Het julle soos teen 'n rower uitgekom met swaarde en stokke om My gevange te neem? Dag vir dag het Ek by julle gesit en leer in die tempel, en julle het My nie gegryp nie.

56 Maar dit het alles gebeur, dat die Skrifte van die profete vervul sou word. Toe het al die dissipels Hom verlaat en gevlug.

57 En die wat Jesus gevange geneem het, het Hom weggelei na K jafas, die hoëpriester, waar die skrifgeleerdes en die ouderlinge vergader het.

58 En Petrus het Hom van ver af gevolg tot by die paleis van die hoëpriester, en hy het ingegaan en by die dienaars gaan sit om die einde te sien.

59 En die owerpriesters en die ouderlinge en die hele Raad het valse getuienis teen Jesus gesoek om Hom dood te maak, en niks gevind nie.

60 En alhoewel daar baie valse getuies gekom het, het hulle niks gevind nie.

61 Maar oplaas kom daar twee valse getuies en sê: Hierdie man het gesê: Ek kan die tempel van God afbreek en dit in drie dae opbou.

62 Daarop staan die hoëpriester op en sê vir Hom: Antwoord U niks nie? Wat getuig hierdie manne teen U?

63 Maar Jesus het stilgebly. En die hoëpriester antwoord en sê vir Hom: Ek besweer U by die lewende God dat U vir ons sê of U die Christus, die Seun van God, is?

64 Jesus antwoord hom: U het dit gesê. Maar Ek sê vir u almal: Van nou af sal u die Seun van die mens sien sit aan die regterhand van die krag van God en kom op die wolke van die hemel.

65 Toe verskeur die hoëpriester sy klere en sê: Hy het godslasterlik gespreek, wat het ons nog getuies nodig? Kyk, nou het julle sy godslastering gehoor!

66 Wat dink julle? En hulle antwoord en sê: Hy is die dood skuldig.

67 Toe het hulle in sy aangesig gespuug en Hom met die vuis geslaan,

68 en ander het Hom met stokke geslaan en gesê: Profeteer vir ons, Christus! Wie is dit wat U geslaan het?

69 En Petrus het buitekant gesit in die binneplaas van die paleis, en 'n sekere diensmeisie het na hom gekom en gesê: Jy was ook by Jesus, die Galil,ër!

70 Maar hy het dit voor almal ontken en gesê: Ek weet nie wat jy sê nie.

71 En terwyl hy uitgaan na die poort toe, sien 'n ander diensmeisie hom en sê aan die wat daar was: Hierdie een was ook by Jesus, die Nasar,ner.

72 En met 'n eed ontken hy dit weer: Ek ken die man nie.

73 Maar 'n bietjie later kom die wat daar staan, en sê vir Petrus: Waarlik, jy is ook een van hulle, want ook jou spraak maak jou bekend.

74 Toe begin hy homself te verwens en te sweer: Ek ken die man nie.

75 En dadelik het die haan gekraai, en Petrus het die woord van Jesus onthou wat Hy vir hom gesê het: Voor die haan kraai, sal jy My drie maal verloën. En hy het buitentoe gegaan en bitterlik geween.