New Living Translation NLT
Wycliffe WYC
1 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching.
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And the holiday of therf loaves, that is said pask, approached. [+Forsooth the holy day of therf loaves, which is said pask, came nigh.]
2 The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.
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And the princes of priests and the scribes sought, how they should slay Jesus, but they dreaded the people.
3 Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples,
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And Satan entered into Judas, that was called Iscariot, one of the twelve.
4 and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them.
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And he went, and spake with the princes of priests, and with the magistrates, how he should betray him to them.
5 They were delighted, and they promised to give him money.
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And they joyed, and made covenant to give him money.
6 So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.
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And he promised, and he sought opportunity, to betray him, without the people. [And he promised, and he sought covenability, that he should betray him, without the companies.]
7 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed.
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But the days of therf loaves came, in which it was need, that the sacrifice of pask were slain [in which it was need, that pask, that is, the sacrifice of pask, be slain].
8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
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And he sent Peter and John, and said [saying], Go ye, and make ready to us the pask, that we eat.
9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
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And they said, Where wilt thou, that we make ready?
10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters,
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And he said to them, Lo! when ye shall enter into the city, a man bearing a vessel of water shall meet you; follow ye him into the house, into which he entereth.
11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’
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And ye shall say to the husbandman of the house, The master saith to thee, Where is a chamber [Where is the harbourgerie], where I shall eat the pask with my disciples?
12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
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And he shall show to you a great supping place strewed, and there make ye ready.
13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.
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And they went, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the pask.
14 When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table.
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And when the hour was come, he sat to the meat [he sat to meat], and the twelve apostles with him.
15 Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.
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And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat with you this pask, before that I suffer;
16 For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”
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for I say to you, that from this time I shall not eat it, till it be fulfilled in the realm of God.
17 Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.
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And when he had taken the cup, he did graces [he did thankings], and said, Take ye, and part ye among you;
18 For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”
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for I say to you, that I shall not drink of the kind of this vine [soothly I say to you, I shall not drink of the generation of this vine], till the realm of God come.
19 He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
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And when he had taken bread, he did thankings, and brake, and gave to them, and said, This is my body, that shall be given for you; do ye this thing in mind of me. [And the bread taken, he did graces, or thankings, and brake, and gave to them, saying, This is my body, which shall be given for you; do ye this thing into my commemoration, or into mind of me.]
20 After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.
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He took also the cup, after that he had supped, and said, This cup is the new testament in my blood, that shall be shed for you. [Also and the chalice, after that he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.]
21 “But here at this table, sitting among us as a friend, is the man who will betray me.
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Nevertheless lo! the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me at the table.
22 For it has been determined that the Son of Man must die. But what sorrow awaits the one who betrays him.”
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And [soothly] man's Son goeth, as it is determined; nevertheless woe to that man, by whom he shall be betrayed.
23 The disciples began to ask each other which of them would ever do such a thing.
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And they began to seek among them[selves], who it was of them, that was to do this thing.
24 Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them.
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And strife was made among them, which of them should be seen to be greatest.
25 Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’
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But he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords of them, and they that have power on them be called good doers, [Forsooth he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords, or lordship, of them, and they that have power upon them be called good doers,]
26 But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.
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but ye not so; but he that is greatest among you, be made as a younger [be made as the younger], and he that is [a] before-goer, as a servant.
27 Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.
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For who is greater, he that sitteth at the meat, or he that ministereth? whether not he that sitteth at the meat? And I am in the middle of you [Forsooth I am in the midst of you], as he that ministereth.
28 “You have stayed with me in my time of trial.
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And ye [it] be, that have dwelled with me in my temptations; [Soothly ye it be that have dwelt with me in my temptations;]
29 And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right
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and I assign to you, as my Father hath assigned to me, a realm, [and I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a realm,]
30 to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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that ye eat and drink on my board in my realm, and sit on thrones, and deem the twelve kindreds of Israel [deeming the twelve kindreds of Israel].
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
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And the Lord said to Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath asked (for) you, that he should riddle you as wheat;
32 But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”
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but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and thou sometime converted [and thou converted sometime], confirm thy brethren.
33 Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, and even to die with you.”
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Which said to him, Lord, I am ready to go into prison and into death with thee. [Which said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, and into prison and into death.]
34 But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
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And he said, I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow to day, till thou thrice forsake that thou knowest me.
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did you need anything?” “No,” they replied.
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And he said to them, When I sent you without satchel, and scrip, and shoes, whether any thing failed to you? And they said, Nothing.
36 “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one!
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Therefore he said to them, But now he that hath a satchel, take also and a scrip; and he that hath none [and he that hath not], sell his coat, and buy a sword.
37 For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’ Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
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For I say to you, that yet it behooveth that thing [this thing] that is written to be fulfilled in me, And he is areckoned with wicked men; for those things that be of me have an end.
38 “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.” “That’s enough,” he said.
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And they said, Lord, lo! two swords here. And he said to them, It is enough.
39 Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives.
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And he went out, and went after the custom into the hill of Olives [And he gone out, went by custom into the hill of Olives]; and the disciples followed him.
40 There he told them, “Pray that you will not give in to temptation.”
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And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray ye, lest ye enter into temptation.
41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
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And he was taken away from them, as much as is a stone's cast; and he kneeled, and prayed,
42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
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and said [saying], Father, if thou wilt, do away this cup from me; nevertheless not my will be done, but thine [nevertheless not my will, but thine be done].
43 Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him.
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And an angel appeared to him from heaven, and comforted him [comforting him].
44 He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.
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And he was made in agony, and prayed the longer [And he made in agony, either anguish, prayed longer]; and his sweat was made as drops of blood running down into the earth.
45 At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.
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And when he was risen from prayer [And when he had risen from prayer], and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for heaviness.
46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”
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And he said to them, What sleep ye? Rise ye, and pray ye [Rise ye, and pray], that ye enter not into temptation.
47 But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss.
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Yet while he spake, lo! a company, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he came [nigh] to Jesus, to kiss him.
48 But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
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And Jesus said to him, Judas, betrayest thou man's Son with a kiss?
49 When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!”
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And they that were about him, and saw that that was to come, said to him, Lord, whether we smite with sword?
50 And one of them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.
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And one of them smote the servant of the prince of priests, and cut off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.
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But Jesus answered, and said, Suffer ye till hither. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him.
52 Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?
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And Jesus said to them, that came to him, the princes of priests, and magistrates of the temple [and magistrates, or masters, of the temple], and elder men, As to a thief ye have gone out with swords and staves?
53 Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”
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When I was each day with you in the temple, ye stretched not out [the] hands into me; but this is your hour, and the power of darknesses.
54 So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance.
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And they took him, and led to the house of the prince of priests; and Peter followed him afar.
55 The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there.
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And when a fire was kindled in the middle of the great house, and they sat about, Peter was in the middle of them.
56 A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”
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Whom when a damsel had seen sitting at the light [+Whom when some handmaiden/handmaid had seen sitting at the light], and had beheld him, she said, And this was with him.
57 But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”
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And he denied him, and said [saying], Woman, I know him not.
58 After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!” “No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.
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And after a little another man saw him, and said, And thou art of them. But Peter said, A! man, I am not.
59 About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”
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And when a space was made as of one hour, [soothly] another affirmed, and said [saying], Truly this was with him; for also he is of Galilee.
60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
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And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And at once [And anon] yet while he spake, the cock crew.
61 At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
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And the Lord turned again [And the Lord turned], and beheld Peter; and Peter had mind of the word of Jesus, as he had said, Before that the cock crow, thrice thou shalt deny me.
62 And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.
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And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
63 The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him.
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And the men that held him scorned him, and smote him.
64 They blindfolded him and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?”
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And they blindfolded him, and smote his face, and asked him, and said, Declare, thou Christ, to us, who is he that smote thee? [And they veiled him, and smote his face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy thou, who is it that smote thee?]
65 And they hurled all sorts of terrible insults at him.
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Also they blaspheming said against him many other things. [Also they blaspheming said many other things against him.]
66 At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before this high council,
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And as the day was come, the elder men of the people, and the princes of priests, and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, and said [saying],
67 and they said, “Tell us, are you the Messiah?” But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me.
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If thou art Christ, say to us. And he said to them, If I say to you, ye will not believe to me;
68 And if I ask you a question, you won’t answer.
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and if I ask, ye will not answer to me, neither ye will deliver me. [soothly and if I shall ask, ye shall not answer to me, neither ye shall let go.]
69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God’s right hand. ”
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But after this time man's Son shall be sitting on the right half of the virtue of God.
70 They all shouted, “So, are you claiming to be the Son of God?” And he replied, “You say that I am.”
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Therefore all said, Then art thou the Son of God? And he said, Ye say that I am.
71 “Why do we need other witnesses?” they said. “We ourselves heard him say it.”
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And they said, What yet desire we witnessing? for we ourselves have heard of his mouth.