Matthew 26:20-25

Listen to Matthew 26:20-25
20 1When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. [a]
21 And as they were eating, 2he 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, 3“He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.
24 The Son of Man goes 4as it is written of him, but 5woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! 6It would have been better for that man if he had not been born. ”
25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, 7Rabbi? ” He said to him, 8“You have said so. ”

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Cross References 8

  • 1. 26:20 For ver. 20-24, see Mark 14:17-21; [Luke 22:14, 21-23; John 13:21-26]
  • 2. 26:21 [John 6:70, 71]
  • 3. 26:23 [John 13:18]
  • 4. 26:24 ver. 54, 56; Mark 9:12; Luke 18:31; 24:25-27, 46; Acts 17:2, 3; 26:22, 23; 1 Cor. 15:3; 1 Pet. 1:10, 11
  • 5. 26:24 ch. 18:7
  • 6. 26:24 John 17:12
  • 7. 26:25 ver. 49; See John 1:38
  • 8. 26:25 ver. 64; See Luke 22:70

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 26:20 Some manuscripts add 'disciples'
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