Matthew 26:14-75

Judas to Betray Jesus

14 ¹Then one of the twelve, whose name was ²Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

15 and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they ³paid him ⁴thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity ⁵to betray him.

The Passover with the Disciples

17 ⁶Now on ⁷the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ⁸'The Teacher says, ⁹My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'"

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.

20 ¹⁰When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.^[a]

21 And as they were eating, ¹¹he said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

22 And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?"

23 He answered, ¹²"He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.

24 The Son of Man goes ¹³as it is written of him, but ¹⁴woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ¹⁵It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, "Is it I, ¹⁶Rabbi?" He said to him, ¹⁷"You have said so."

Institution of the Lord's Supper

26 ¹⁸Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and ¹⁹after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; ²⁰this is my body."

27 And he took a cup, and when he ²¹had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you,

28 for ²²this is my ²³blood of the^[b] covenant, which is poured out for ²⁴many ²⁵for the forgiveness of sins.

29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you ²⁶in my Father's kingdom."

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

30 ²⁷And when they had sung a hymn, ²⁸they went out to ²⁹the Mount of Olives.

31 Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will ³⁰strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

32 But after I am raised up, ³¹I will go before you to Galilee."

33 ³²Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away."

34 ³³Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, ³⁴before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

35 ³⁵Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the disciples said the same.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

36 ³⁶Then Jesus went with them ³⁷to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go over there and pray."

37 And taking with him ³⁸Peter and ³⁹the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

38 Then he said to them, ⁴⁰"My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and ⁴¹watch^[c] with me."

39 And going a little farther he fell on his face ⁴²and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let ⁴³this cup pass from me; ⁴⁴nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

41 ⁴⁵Watch and ⁴⁶pray that you ⁴⁷may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, ⁴⁸your will be done."

43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for ⁴⁹their eyes were heavy.

44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for ⁵⁰the third time, saying the same words again.

45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Sleep and take your rest later on.^[d] See, ⁵¹the hour is at hand, and ⁵²the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

47 ⁵³While he was still speaking, ⁵⁴Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man; seize him."

49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Greetings, ⁵⁵Rabbi!" And he kissed him.

50 Jesus said to him, ⁵⁶"Friend, ⁵⁷do what you came to do."^[e] Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his ⁵⁸sword and struck the servant^[f] of the high priest and cut off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For ⁵⁹all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

53 ⁶⁰Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me ⁶¹more than twelve ⁶²legions of angels?

54 ⁶³But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"

55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day ⁶⁴I sat in the temple ⁶⁵teaching, and you did not seize me.

56 But ⁶⁶all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." ⁶⁷Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council

57 ⁶⁸Then ⁶⁹those who had seized Jesus led him to ⁷⁰Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

58 And ⁷¹Peter was following him at a distance, as far as ⁷²the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with ⁷³the guards to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests and the whole Council^[g]74were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

60 but they found none, ⁷⁵though many false witnesses came forward. At last ⁷⁶two came forward

61 and said, "This man said, ⁷⁷'I am able to ⁷⁸destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'"

62 And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"^[h]

63 ⁷⁹But Jesus remained silent. ⁸⁰And the high priest said to him, ⁸¹"I adjure you by ⁸²the living God, ⁸³tell us if you are ⁸⁴the Christ, ⁸⁵the Son of God."

64 Jesus said to him, ⁸⁶"You have said so. But I tell you, from now on ⁸⁷you will see the Son of Man ⁸⁸seated at the right hand of Power and ⁸⁹coming on the clouds of heaven."

65 Then the high priest ⁹⁰tore his robes and said, ⁹¹"He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.

66 What is your judgment?" They answered, ⁹²"He deserves death."

67 Then ⁹³they spit in his face ⁹⁴and ⁹⁵struck him. And some slapped him,

68 saying, "Prophesy to us, you ⁹⁶Christ! Who is it that struck you?"

Peter Denies Jesus

69 ⁹⁷Now Peter was sitting outside ⁹⁸in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."

71 And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus ⁹⁹of Nazareth."

72 And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man."

73 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for ¹⁰⁰your accent betrays you."

74 Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed.

75 And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, ¹⁰¹"Before the rooster crows, you will ¹⁰²deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 14-16, see Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6; [John 13:2, 27, 30]
• 2. Matthew 10:4; Matthew 27:3; Acts 1:16; [John 6:71; John 12:4]
• 3. Zechariah 11:12; [Genesis 23:16; Jeremiah 32:9]
• 4. Matthew 27:3, 9; Exodus 21:32
• 5. See Matthew 20:18, 19
• 6. For ver. 17-19, see Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13
• 7. Exodus 12:18
• 8. See John 11:28
• 9. [ver. 45; John 7:6, 8, 30; John 8:20; John 13:1; John 17:1]
• 10. For ver. 20-24, see Mark 14:17-21; [Luke 22:14, 21-23; John 13:21-26]
• 11. [John 6:70, 71]
• 12. [John 13:18]
• 13. ver. 54, 56; Mark 9:12; Luke 18:31; Luke 24:25-27, 46; Acts 17:2, 3; Acts 26:22, 23; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 1:10, 11
• 14. Matthew 18:7
• 15. John 17:12
• 16. ver. 49; See John 1:38
• 17. ver. 64; See Luke 22:70
• 18. For ver. 26-29, see Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
• 19. See Matthew 14:19
• 20. 1 Corinthians 10:16; [John 6:53]
• 21. See Matthew 15:36
• 22. [See ver. 26 above]
• 23. Exodus 24:8; [Zechariah 9:11; Hebrews 13:20]
• 24. See Matthew 20:28
• 25. Mark 1:4; [Luke 1:77]
• 26. [Matthew 13:43]
• 27. For ver. 30-35, see Mark 14:26-31
• 28. Luke 22:39; John 18:1
• 29. See Matthew 21:1
• 30. Cited from Zechariah 13:7; [John 16:32]
• 31. Matthew 28:7, 10, 16; Mark 16:7
• 32. [Luke 22:31, 33]
• 33. Luke 22:34; John 13:38
• 34. ver. 75
• 35. Luke 22:33; John 13:37
• 36. For ver. 36-46, see Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:40-46
• 37. [See ver. 30 above]
• 38. Matthew 17:1
• 39. Matthew 4:21
• 40. [Psalms 42:5, 6; John 12:27]
• 41. See Matthew 24:42
• 42. Hebrews 5:7
• 43. See Matthew 20:22
• 44. ver. 42; John 5:30; John 6:38; Philippians 2:8
• 45. [See ver. 38 above]
• 46. 1 Peter 4:7
• 47. Matthew 6:13
• 48. ver. 39; See Matthew 6:10
• 49. Luke 9:32
• 50. [2 Corinthians 12:8]
• 51. John 12:23, 27; John 13:1; John 17:1; [ver. 18; Luke 22:53]
• 52. Matthew 17:22; Matthew 20:18
• 53. For ver. 47-56, see Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-11
• 54. ver. 14; Acts 1:16
• 55. ver. 25
• 56. Matthew 20:13; Matthew 22:12
• 57. [John 13:27]
• 58. [Luke 22:38]
• 59. Revelation 13:10; [Genesis 9:6; Ezekiel 35:6]
• 60. [John 10:18]
• 61. [Matthew 4:11; 2 Kings 6:17; Daniel 7:10; Luke 22:43; John 18:36]
• 62. Luke 8:30
• 63. See ver. 24; Matthew 1:22
• 64. [John 8:2]; [Luke 2:46; John 18:20]
• 65. Matthew 21:23; [Matthew 4:23]
• 66. [See ver. 54]
• 67. ver. 31; [Psalms 88:8, 18; John 16:32]
• 68. Luke 22:54
• 69. For ver. 57-68, see Mark 14:53-65; [John 18:12, 13, 19-24]
• 70. ver. 3
• 71. [John 18:15]
• 72. [See ver. 57 above]
• 73. John 7:32; John 18:3
• 74. See Acts 6:11
• 75. Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11
• 76. Deuteronomy 19:15
• 77. [Acts 6:14]; See John 2:19
• 78. Matthew 27:40
• 79. Matthew 27:12, 14; Isaiah 53:7; John 19:9
• 80. For ver. 63-66, [Luke 22:67-71]
• 81. [Leviticus 5:1; 1 Samuel 14:24, 26; Mark 5:7]
• 82. See Matthew 16:16
• 83. John 10:24
• 84. [Matthew 22:42-45]; See Matthew 1:17
• 85. See Matthew 14:33
• 86. ver. 25
• 87. See Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30
• 88. Psalms 110:1; Hebrews 1:3; [Mark 16:19]
• 89. See Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30
• 90. Numbers 14:6; Acts 14:14
• 91. Matthew 9:3; John 10:36
• 92. See Leviticus 24:16
• 93. Matthew 27:30; Isaiah 50:6; Mark 10:34
• 94. [Luke 22:63-65; John 18:22]
• 95. Matthew 5:39; Acts 23:2
• 96. ver. 63
• 97. For ver. 69-75, see Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:55-62; John 18:16-18, 25-27
• 98. ver. 3
• 99. Matthew 2:23
• 100. [Judges 12:6]
• 101. ver. 34
• 102. [Acts 3:13, 14]

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add disciples
• [b]. Some manuscripts insert new
• [c]. Or keep awake; also verses 40, 41
• [d]. Or Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
• [e]. Or Friend, why are you here?
• [f]. Greek bondservant
• [g]. Greek Sanhedrin
• [h]. Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?