<1 After two days, it would be the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to capture him by treachery and kill him; for they said: Not during the festival, for so there will be rioting among the people.
And when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, and at dinner, a woman came with an alabaster vessel full of ointment of nard, pure and precious; and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment over his head. But there were some who grumbled among themselves: Why was there this waste of ointment? The ointment could have been sold for upward of three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor. And they scolded her. But Jesus said: Let her be. Why are you hard on her? She has done a good thing for me. For always you have the poor with you, and you can do them good whenever you will, but you do not always have me. She did what she could, she took the opportunity to anoint my body in advance for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached through all the world, what she did will also be spoken of, in memory of her.
And Judas Iscariot, he who was one of the twelve, went off to the high priests, so as to betray him to them. And they were pleased when they heard him and promised to give him money. And he looked for an easy opportunity to betray him.
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they used to sacrifice the paschal l^b, his disciples said to him: Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for you to eat the feast of the Passover? He sent forth two of his disciples, and told them: Go into the city, and a man carrying a pot of water will meet you. Follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house: The master says: Where is my guest chamber where I can eat the Passover dinner with my disciples? And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. There prepare for us. And the disciples went forth, and went into the city, and found all as he had told them, and made ready the Passover. When it was evening, he arrived with the twelve. And as they were at table and eating, Jesus said: Truly I tell you that one of you will betray me, the one who is eating with me. They began to be bitterly hurt, and to say, one by one: Surely, not I? He said to them: One of the twelve, the one who dips into the dish with me; because the son of man goes his way as it has been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the son of man is betrayed. It were well for that man if he had never been born. And as they ate, he took a loaf of bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to them and said: Take it; this is my body. And he took a cup and gave thanks and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And he said to them: This is my blood, of the covenant, which is shed for the sake of many. Truly I tell you that I will not again drink of the produce of the vine, until I drink it, new wine, in the Kingdom of God.
And they sang the hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them: You will all be made to fail me; for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; but after my resurrection I will lead the way for you into Galilee. But Peter said to him: Even if all fail you, yet I will not. Jesus said to him:
Truly I tell you that in this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times. But he said very forcefully: Even if I must die with you, I will never disown you. And so said they all.
They came to a place whose name is Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples: Sit down here while I pray. And he took with him Peter and James and John; and then he began to be shaken and distressed, and he said to them: My soul is in anguish to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch. And going forward a little he threw himself on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass him by. And he said: Abba, father, for you all things are possible. Remove this cup from me. But not what I wish, but what you wish. He went back and found them sleeping, and said to Peter: Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not strong enough to keep watch for a single hour? Be wakeful, and pray, that you may not be brought to the test. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak. And going back again he prayed, in the same words. And coming back again he found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they did not know how to answer him. And he came a third time and said to them: So you are still asleep and resting. It is enough. The hour has come; behold, the son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; see, my betrayer is near.
Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the scribes and the elders. He who betrayed him had told them the sign to watch for, saying to them: The one I kiss will be the man. Seize him, and take him away, carefully. And right upon his arrival he came up to him and said: Master; and kissed him. And they laid hands on him and bound him. But one of his supporters drew his sword and struck the slave of the high priest and took off his ear. Then Jesus spoke forth and said to them: You come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a highwayman? Day by day I was near you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.
And all left him and fled away.
And there was a certain young man who had been following him, wearing a linen garment over his bare skin. And they seized him, and he fled naked, leaving the linen garment behind.
They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and the elders and the scribes assembled. And Peter had followed him from a distance, into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting there with the servingmen and warming himself at the fire. And the high priests and the entire council were looking for some evidence against Jesus so that they could have him killed, and they could find none; for many brought false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree. And some stood up and testified falsely against him, saying: We have heard him say: I will tear down this temple which was made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands. But not even so did their testimony agree. Then the high priest stood up among them and questioned Jesus, saying: Have you no answer? What is this testimony that they bring against you? But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him and said: Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One? Jesus said: I am he, and you will see the son of man sitting on the right of the power and coming with the clouds of the sky. The high priest tore his clothing and said: Why do we still need witnesses? Did you hear the blasphemy? What is your view? They all judged that he deserved death. Then some began to spit upon him, and to cover his face and then beat him with their fists and say to him: Prophesy. And the servingmen took him over and beat him.