¹ Now the feast of the pasch and of the Azymes was after two days: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him and kill him.

² But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people.

³ And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard. And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head.

⁴ Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ But Jesus said: Let her alone. Why do You molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

⁷ For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.

⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

⁹ Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them.

¹¹ Who hearing it were glad: and they promised him they would give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

¹² Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to him: Whither wilt thou that we go and prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

¹³ And he sendeth two of his disciples and saith to them: Go ye into the city; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him.

¹⁴ And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master of the house, The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with my disciples?

¹⁵ And he will shew you a large dining room furnished. And there prepare ye for us.

¹⁶ And his disciples went their way and came into the city. And they found as he had told them: and they prepared the pasch.

¹⁷ And when evening was come, he cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸ And when they were at table and eating, Jesus saith: Amen I say to you, one of you that eateth with me shall betray me.

¹⁹ But they began to be sorrowful and to say to him, one by one: Is it I?

²⁰ Who saith to them: One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his hand in the dish.

²¹ And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.

²² And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread; and blessing, broke and gave to them and said: Take ye. This is my body.

²³ And having taken the chalice, giving thanks, he gave it to them. And they all drank of it.

²⁴ And he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many.

²⁵ Amen I say to you that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed.

²⁸ But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter saith to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I.

³⁰ And Jesus saith to him: Amen I say to thee, to-day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

³¹ But he spoke the more vehemently: Although I should die together with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all.

³² And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray.

³³ And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy.

³⁴ And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch.

³⁵ And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the ground: and he prayed that, if it might be, the hour might pass from him.

³⁶ And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

³⁷ And he cometh and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? Couldst thou not watch one hour?

³⁸ Watch ye: and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹ And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words.

⁴⁰ And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him.

⁴¹ And he cometh the third time and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Rise up: let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand.

⁴³ And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients.

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away carefully.

⁴⁵ And when he was come, immediately going up to him he saith: Hail, Rabbi! And he kissed him.

⁴⁶ But they laid hands on him and held him.

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear.

⁴⁸ And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?

⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching: and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away.

⁵¹ And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body. And they laid hold on him.

⁵² But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked.

⁵³ And they brought Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together.

⁵⁴ And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants at the fire and warmed himself.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death: and found none.

⁵⁶ For many bore false witness against him: and their evidences were not agreeing.

⁵⁷ And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:

⁵⁸ We heard him say, I Will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.

⁵⁹ And their witness did not agree.

⁶⁰ And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men?