¹ It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

² For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

³ While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper¹, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

1. The unpointed Peshitta Aramaic word is either Garaba "potter," "jar merchant," or Ga'Rabba "leper"

⁴ But there were some who were indignant among themselves,¹ "Why has this ointment been wasted?

1. M TR add "and saying"

⁵ For this ointment¹ might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,² and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

1. NU Vg. M TR omit "ointment"
2. 300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.

⁶ But Yeshua said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

⁸ She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

⁹ Truly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

¹⁰ Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

¹¹ They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

¹² On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"

¹³ He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

¹⁴ and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my¹ guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

1. M TR read "the" instead of "my"

¹⁵ He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."

¹⁶ The¹ disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

1. M TR read "His" instead of "The"

¹⁷ When it was evening he came with the twelve.

¹⁸ As they sat and were eating, Yeshua said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me-he who eats with me."

¹⁹ They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?"¹

1. NU Vg P. M TR add" And another said, "Surely not I?""

²⁰ He¹ said to them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.

1. M TR add "answered and"

²¹ For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

²² As they were eating, he¹ took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take²; this is my body."

1. M TR read "Yeshua" instead of "he"
2. NU Vg P. M TR add "eat"

²³ He took a¹ cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.

1. M TR read "the" instead of "a"

²⁴ He said to them, "This is my blood of the New Covenant, which is poured out for many.

²⁵ Truly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God."

²⁶ When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

²⁷ Yeshua said to them, "All of you will fall away¹, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'²

1. M TR add "because of me tonight"
2. Zechariah 13:7

²⁸ However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

²⁹ But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."

³⁰ Yeshua said to him, "Truly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

³¹ But he insisted¹, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing.

1. M TR add "all the more"

³² They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."

³³ He took with him Peter, Jacob, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

³⁴ He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."

³⁵ He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

³⁶ He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."

³⁷ He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could not you watch one hour?

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

³⁹ Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.

⁴⁰ Again he came¹ and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

1. M TR read "returned" instead of "came"

⁴¹ He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is near."

⁴³ Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came-and with him a¹ multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

1. M TR add "great"

⁴⁴ Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."

⁴⁵ When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi!"¹ and kissed him.

1. NU Vg. M TR add "Rabbi"

⁴⁶ They laid¹ hands on him, and seized him.

1. M TR add "their"

⁴⁷ But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁸ Yeshua answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

⁵⁰ They all left him, and fled.

⁵¹ And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. And they¹ grabbed him,

1. NU P Vg. M TR read "the young men" instead of "they"

⁵² but he left the linen cloth, and fled¹ naked.

1. M TR add "from them"

⁵³ They led Yeshua away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together¹.

1. NU Vg. M TR add "with him"

⁵⁴ Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Yeshua to put him to death, and found none.

⁵⁶ For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony did not agree with each other.

⁵⁷ Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

⁵⁸ "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

⁵⁹ Even so, their testimony did not agree.