Matthew 26:20-35

The Last Passover

20 ¹Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

21 As they were eating, He said, "²Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me."

22 Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

23 And He answered, "³He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.

24 "The Son of Man is to go, ⁴just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ⁵It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

25 And ⁶Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, ⁷Rabbi?" Jesus said to him, "⁸You have said it yourself."

The Lord's Supper Instituted

26 ⁹While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and ¹⁰after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."

27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you;

28 for ¹¹this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for ¹²many for forgiveness of sins.

29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."

30 ¹³After singing a hymn, they went out to ¹⁴the Mount of Olives.

31 Then Jesus said to them, "You will all ¹⁵fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, '¹⁶I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE ¹⁷SCATTERED.'

32 "But after I have been raised, ¹⁸I will go ahead of you to Galilee."

33 But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away."

34 Jesus said to him, "¹⁹Truly I say to you that ²⁰this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."

35 Peter said to Him, "²¹Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You." All the disciples said the same thing too.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:20-24: {Mark 14:17-21}
• 2. Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21
• 3. Psalms 41:9; John 13:18, 26
• 4. Matt 26:31, 54, 56; Mark 9:12; Luke 24:25-27, 46; Acts 17:2; Acts 26:22; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 1:10
• 5. Matthew 18:7; Mark 14:21
• 6. Matthew 26:14
• 7. Matthew 23:7; Matthew 26:49
• 8. Matthew 26:64; Matthew 27:11; Luke 22:70
• 9. Matthew 26:26-29: {Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25;} 1 Corinthians 10:16
• 10. Matthew 14:19
• 11. Exodus 24:8; Hebrews 9:20
• 12. Matthew 20:28
• 13. Matthew 26:30-35: {Mark 14:26-31; Luke 22:31-34}
• 14. Matthew 21:1
• 15. Matthew 11:6
• 16. Zechariah 13:7
• 17. John 16:32
• 18. Matt 28:7, 10, 16; Mark 16:7
• 19. Matthew 26:75; John 13:38
• 20. Mark 14:30
• 21. John 13:37

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "one after another"
• [b]. Lit "for him if that man had not been born"
• [c]. Lit "having blessed"
• [d]. Or "stumble"
• [e]. Or "stumble"