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Chapter 1 Chapter 2

CHAPTER 22

1
Now
the
Feast
of
Unleavened Bread,
called
the Passover,
was approaching,
2
and
the
chief priests
and
scribes
were looking
for a way
to put Jesus to death;
for
they feared
the
people.
3
Then
Satan
entered
Judas
Iscariot,
who was
one
of
the
Twelve.
4
And
Judas went
to discuss with
the
chief priests
and
temple officers
how
he might betray
Jesus
to them.
5
They were delighted
and
agreed
to give
him
money.
6
Judas consented,
and
began to look for
an opportunity
to betray
Jesus
to them
in the absence of
a crowd.
7
Then
came
the
day
of
Unleavened Bread
on
which
the
Passover lamb
was to
be sacrificed.
8
Jesus sent
Peter
and
John,
saying,
“Go
and prepare
for us
to
eat
the
Passover.”
9
“Where
do You want
us to prepare it?”
they asked.
10
He answered,
“When you enter
the
city,
a man
carrying
a jug
of water
will meet
you.
Follow
him
to
the
house
he enters,
11
and
say
to the
owner
of that
house,
‘The
Teacher
asks,
“Where
is
the
guest room,
where
I may eat
the
Passover
with
My
disciples?”’
12
And he
will show
you
a large,
furnished
upper room.
Make the preparations
there.”
13
So
they went
and found it
just as
Jesus had told
them.
And
they prepared
the
Passover.
14
When
the
hour
had come,
Jesus reclined at the table
with
His
apostles.
15
And
He said
to
them,
“I have eagerly desired
to eat
this
Passover
with
you
before
My
suffering.
16
For
I tell
you
that
I will not eat
it
again until
it is fulfilled
in
the
kingdom
of God.”
17
After
taking
the cup,
He gave thanks
and said,
“Take
this
and
divide it
among
yourselves.
18
For
I tell
you
that
I will not drink
of
the
fruit
of the
vine
from
now on
until
the
kingdom
of God
comes.”
19
And
He took
the bread,
gave thanks
and broke it,
and
gave it
to them,
saying,
“This
is
My
body,
given
for
you;
do
this
in
remembrance
of Me."
20
In the same way,
after
supper
He took the
cup,
saying,
“This
cup is
the
new
covenant
in
My
blood,
which
is poured out
for
you.
21
Look!
The
hand
of My betrayer
is with
Mine
on
the
table.
22
Indeed,
the
Son
of
Man
will go
as
it has been determined,
but
woe
to that
man
who
betrays Him.”
23
Then
they
began
to question
among
themselves
which
of
them
was
going
to do
this.
24
A dispute
also
arose
among
the disciples
as to
which
of them
would be considered
the greatest.
25
So
Jesus declared,
“The
kings
of the
Gentiles
lord it over
them,
and
those
in authority over
them
call themselves
benefactors.
26
But
you
shall not be
like them.
Instead,
the
greatest
among
you
should be
like
the
youngest,
and
the one who
leads
like
the one who
serves.
27
For
who
is greater,
the one who
reclines at the table
or
the one who
serves?
Is it not
the one who
reclines?
But
I
am
among you
as
the One who
serves.
28
You
are
the ones
who have stood
by
Me
in
My
trials.
29
And I
bestow
on you
a kingdom,
just as
My
Father
has bestowed
on Me,
30
so that
you may eat
and
drink
at
My
table
in
My
kingdom,
and
sit
on
thrones,
judging
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
31
Simon,
Simon,
Satan
has asked
to sift
each of you
like
wheat.
32
But
I
have prayed
for
you, Simon ,
that
your
faith
will not fail.
And
when
you
have turned back,
strengthen
your
brothers.”
33
“Lord,”
said Peter,
“I am
ready
to go
with
You
even
to
prison
and
to
death.”
34
But
Jesus replied,
“I tell
you,
Peter,
the rooster
will not
crow
today
until
you have denied
three times
that you know
Me.”
35
Then
Jesus asked
them,
“When
I sent you out
without
purse
or
bag
or
sandals,
did you lack
anything?”
“Nothing,”
they answered.
36
“Now,
however,”
He told
them,
“the one
with
a purse
should take it,
and
likewise
a bag;
and
the one
without
a sword
should sell
his
cloak
and
buy one.
37
For
I tell
you
that
this
Scripture
must
be fulfilled
in
Me:
‘And
He was numbered
with
the transgressors.’
For
what is written
about
Me
is reaching
its fulfillment.”
38
So
they said,
“Look,
Lord,
here are
two
swords.”
“That is
enough,”
He answered.
39
Jesus went out
as usual
to
the
Mount
of Olives,
and
the
disciples
followed
Him.
40
When
He came
to
the
place,
He told
them,
“Pray
that you will not enter
into
temptation.”
41
And
He
withdrew
about
a stone’s
throw
beyond
them,
where
He knelt down
and prayed,
42
“Father,
if
You are willing,
take
this
cup
from
Me.
Yet
not
My
will,
but
Yours
be done.”
43
Then
an angel
from
heaven
appeared
to Him
and strengthened
Him.
44
And
in His
anguish,
He prayed
more earnestly,
and
His
sweat
became
like
drops
of blood
falling
to
the
ground.
45
When
Jesus rose
from
prayer
and returned
to
the
disciples,
He found
them
asleep,
exhausted from
sorrow.
46
“Why
are you sleeping?”
He asked.
“Get up
and pray
so that
you will not enter
into
temptation.”
47
While
He
was still speaking,
a crowd
arrived,
led by
the man
called
Judas,
one
of the
Twelve.
He approached
Jesus
to kiss
Him.
48
But
Jesus
asked
him,
“Judas,
are you betraying
the
Son
of Man
with a kiss?”
49
Those
around
Jesus
saw
what
was about to happen
and said,
“Lord,
should we strike
with
our swords?”
50
And
one
of
them
struck
the
servant
of the
high priest,
cutting off
his
right
ear.
51
But
Jesus
answered,
“No more
of this!”
And
He touched
the man’s
ear
and healed
him.
52
Then
Jesus
said
to
the chief priests,
temple officers,
and
elders
who
had come
for
Him,
“Have you come out
with
swords
and
clubs
as
you would against
an outlaw?
53
Every
day
I
was
with
you
in
the
temple courts,
and you did not lay
a
hand
on
Me.
But
this
hour
belongs
to you
and
to the
power
of darkness."
54
Then
they seized
Jesus,
led Him away,
and
took Him
into
the
house
of the
high priest.
And
Peter
followed
at a distance.
55
When
those present had kindled
a fire
in
the middle
of the
courtyard
and
sat down together,
Peter
sat down
among
them.
56
A
servant girl
saw
him
seated
in
the
firelight
and
looked intently at
him.
“This man
was
also
with
Him,”
she said.
57
But
Peter denied it.
“Woman,
I do not know
Him,”
he said.
58
A short time
later,
someone else
saw
him
and said,
“You
also
are
one of
them.”
But
Peter
said,
“Man,
I am
not.”
59
About
an
hour
later,
another man
insisted,
“Certainly
this man
was
with
Him,
for
he too is
a Galilean.”
60
“Man,
I do not know
what
you are talking about,”
Peter
replied.
While
he
was still speaking,
the rooster
crowed.
61
And
the
Lord
turned
and looked at
Peter.
Then
Peter
remembered
the
word
the
Lord
had spoken
to him:
“Before
the rooster
crows
today,
you will deny
Me
three times."
62
And
he went
outside
and wept
bitterly.
63
The
men
who
were holding
Jesus
began to mock
Him
and beat Him.
64
They
blindfolded
Him
and kept demanding,
“Prophesy!
Who
hit
You?”
65
And
they said
many other
blasphemous
things
against
Him.
66
At daybreak
the
council of the elders
of the
people,
both
the chief priests
and
scribes,
met together.
They led
Jesus
into
their
council
and said,
67
“If
You
are
the
Christ,
tell
us.”
Jesus answered,
“If
I tell
you,
you will not believe.
68
And
if
I ask you a question,
you will not answer.
69
But
from
now on
the
Son
of Man
will be
seated
at
the right hand
of the
power
of God.”
70
So
they all asked,
“Are
You
then
the
Son
of God?”
He replied,
“You
say
that
I
am.”
71
“Why
do we need
any more
testimony?”
they declared.
“We have heard it
for
ourselves
from
His own
lips.”
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