14:1  Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill {Him;}

14:2  for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."

14:3  While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining {at the table,} there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; {and} she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

14:4  But some were indignantly {remarking} to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted?

14:5  "For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and {the money} given to the poor. And they were scolding her."

14:6  But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.

14:7  "For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

14:8  "She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

14:9  "Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

14:10  Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.

14:11  They were glad when they heard {this,} and promised to give him money. And he {began} seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

14:12  On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover {lamb} was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

14:13  And He *sent two of His disciples and *said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

14:14  and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, `The Teacher says, "Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?'"

14:15  "And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished {and} ready; prepare for us there."

14:16  The disciples went out and came to the city, and found {it} just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

14:17  When it was evening He *came with the twelve.

14:18  As they were reclining {at the table} and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me--one who is eating with Me."

14:19  They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, "Surely not I?"

14:20  And He said to them, "{It is} one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.

14:21  "For the Son of Man {is to} go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! {It would have been} good for that man if he had not been born."

14:22  While they were eating, He took {some} bread, and after a blessing He broke {it,} and gave {it} to them, and said, "Take {it;} this is My body."

14:23  And when He had taken a cup {and} given thanks, He gave {it} to them, and they all drank from it.

14:24  And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

14:25  "Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

14:26  After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

14:27  And Jesus *said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, `I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.'

14:28  "But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee."

14:29  But Peter said to Him, "{Even} though all may fall away, yet I will not."

14:30  And Jesus *said to him, "Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times."

14:31  But {Peter} kept saying insistently, "{Even} if I have to die with You, I will not deny You! And they all were saying the same thing also."

14:32  They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed."

14:33  And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.

14:34  And He *said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch."

14:35  And He went a little beyond {them,} and fell to the ground and {began} to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.

14:36  And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will."

14:37  And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

14:38  "Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

14:39  Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words.

14:40  And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

14:41  And He *came the third time, and *said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

14:42  "Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!"

14:43  Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, {who were} from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

14:44  Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard."

14:45  After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, "Rabbi! and kissed Him."

14:46  They laid hands on Him and seized Him.

14:47  But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

14:48  And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as {you would} against a robber?

14:49  "Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but {this has taken place} to fulfill the Scriptures."

14:50  And they all left Him and fled.

14:51  A young man was following Him, wearing {nothing but} a linen sheet over {his} naked {body;} and they *seized him.

14:52  But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

14:53  They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together.

14:54  Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.

14:55  Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

14:56  For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

14:57  Some stood up and {began} to give false testimony against Him, saying,

14:58  "We heard Him say, `I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

14:59  Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent.

14:60  The high priest stood up {and came} forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?"

14:61  But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed {One?}"

14:62  And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."

14:63  Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

14:64  "You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you? And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death."

14:65  Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy! And the officers received Him with slaps {in the face.}"

14:66  As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,

14:67  and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, "You also were with Jesus the Nazarene."

14:68  But he denied {it,} saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about. And he went out onto the porch."

14:69  The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, "This is {one} of them!"

14:70  But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are {one} of them, for you are a Galilean too."

14:71  But he began to curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

14:72  Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times. And he began to weep."