54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of
the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.55 And when some there had
kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter
sat down with them.56 A
servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him
and said, “This man was with him.”
57 But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
58 A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of
them.”
“Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
59 About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was
with him, for he is a Galilean.”
60 Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just
as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.61 The Lord turned and looked
straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”62 And he went outside
and wept bitterly.
47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was
called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss
him,48 but Jesus asked him, “Judas,
are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49 When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they 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, the officers of the temple
guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?53 Every day
I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this
is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
7 Then
came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be
sacrificed.8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
10 He replied, “As you
enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the
house that he enters,11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher
asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’12 He will show you a large
room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they
prepared the Passover.
14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.15 And he
said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this
Passover with you before I suffer.16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it
finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.18 For I tell
you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God
comes.”
19 And he took 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 the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is
poured out for you.[a]21 But the hand of him who is
going to betray me is with mine on the table.22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed.
But woe to that man who betrays him!”23 They began to question among themselves which of
them it might be who would do this.
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered
to be greatest.25 Jesus said to them, “The
kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over
them call themselves Benefactors.26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the
greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the
one who serves.27 For
who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not
the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.28 You are those who have
stood by me in my trials.29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father
conferred one 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 all of you as wheat.32 But I have
prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned
back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
34 Jesus answered, “I
tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that
you know me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack
anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But
now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a
sword, sell your cloak and buy one.37 It is written: ‘And he was
numbered with the transgressors’[b]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled
in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”
38 The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”
Now the Festival of
Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,2 and the
chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid
of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of
the Twelve.4 And
Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and
discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.6 He consented, and
watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
