Matthew 26:12-22

12 "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ¹to prepare Me for burial.

13 "Truly I say to you, ²wherever * this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

Judas's Bargain

14 ³Then one of the twelve, named ⁴Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

15 and said, "What are you willing to give me to ⁵betray Him to you?" And ⁶they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.

16 From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.

17 ⁷Now on the first day of ⁸Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

18 And He said, "Go into the city to ⁹a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "¹⁰My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."' "

19 The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

The Last Passover

20 ¹¹Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

21 As they were eating, He said, "¹²Truly 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?"

Cross References

• 1. John 19:40
• 2. Mark 14:9
• 3. Matthew 26:14-16: {Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6}
• 4. Matthew 10:4; Matthew 26:25, 47; Matthew 27:3; John 6:71; John 12:4; John 13:26; Acts 1:16
• 5. Matthew 10:4
• 6. Exodus 21:32; Zechariah 11:12
• 7. Matthew 26:17-19: {Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13}
• 8. Exodus 12:18-20
• 9. Mark 14:13; Luke 22:10
• 10. John 7:6, 8
• 11. Matthew 26:20-24: {Mark 14:17-21}
• 12. Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and I will"
• [b]. Or "deliver"
• [c]. I.e. silver shekels
• [d]. Or "deliver"
• [e]. Lit "Him"
• [f]. Or "one after another"