| 1 | Now the feast of the pasch, and of the Azymes was after two days; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him, and kill him. |
| 2 | But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people. |
| 3 | And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard: and breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head. |
| 4 | Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? |
| 5 | For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. |
| 6 | But Jesus said: Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me. |
| 7 | For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always. |
| 8 | She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for burial. |
| 9 | Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memorial of her. |
| 10 | And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them. |
| 11 | Who hearing it were glad; and they promised him they would give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. |
| 12 | Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to him: Whither wilt thou that we go, and prepare for thee to eat the pasch? |
| 13 | And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith to them: Go ye into the city; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water, follow him; |
| 14 | And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master of the house, The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with my disciples? |
| 15 | And he will shew you a large dining room furnished; and there prepare ye for us. |
| 16 | And his disciples went their way, and came into the city; and they found as he had told them, and they prepared the pasch. |
| 17 | And when evening was come, he cometh with the twelve. |
| 18 | And when they were at table and eating, Jesus saith: Amen I say to you, one of you that eateth with me shall betray me. |
| 19 | But they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? |
| 20 | Who saith to them: One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his hand in the dish. |
| 21 | And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. |
| 22 | And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread; and blessing, broke, and gave to them, and said: Take ye. This is my body. |
| 23 | And having taken the chalice, giving thanks, he gave it to them. And they all drank of it. |
| 24 | And he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many. |
| 25 | Amen I say to you, that I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God. |
| 26 | And when they had said an hymn, they went forth to the mount of Olives. |
| 27 | And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard this night; for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed. |
| 28 | But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. |
| 29 | But Peter saith to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I. |
| 30 | And Jesus saith to him: Amen I say to thee, today, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shall deny me thrice. |
| 31 | But he spoke the more vehemently: Although I should die together with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. |
| 32 | And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. |
| 33 | And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy. |
| 34 | And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here, and watch. |
| 35 | And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the ground; and he prayed, that if it might be, the hour might pass from him. |
| 36 | And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt. |
| 37 | And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not watch one hour? |
| 38 | Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
| 39 | And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words. |
| 40 | And when he returned, he found them again asleep, (for their eyes were heavy,) and they knew not what to answer him. |
| 41 | And he cometh the third time, and saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It is enough: the hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. |
| 42 | Rise up, let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand. |
| 43 | And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. |
| 44 | And he that betrayed him, had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. |
| 45 | And when he was come, immediately going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. |
| 46 | But they laid hands on him, and held him. |
| 47 | And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear. |
| 48 | And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me? |
| 49 | I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled. |
| 50 | Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away. |
| 51 | And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and they laid hold on him. |
| 52 | But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked. |
| 53 | And they brought Jesus to the high priest; and all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. |
| 54 | And Peter followed him from afar off, even into the court of the high priest; and he sat with the servants at the fire, and warmed himself. |
| 55 | And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none. |
| 56 | For many bore false witness against him, and their evidences were not agreeing. |
| 57 | And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying: |
| 58 | We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands. |
| 59 | And their witness did not agree. |
| 60 | And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men? |
| 61 | But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ the Son of the blessed God? |
| 62 | And Jesus said to him: I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming with the clouds of heaven. |
| 63 | Then the high priest rending his garments, saith: What need we any further witnesses? |
| 64 | You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death. |
| 65 | And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him: Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands. |
| 66 | Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest. |
| 67 | And when she had seen Peter warming himself, looking on him she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 68 | But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew. |
| 69 | And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by: This is one of them. |
| 70 | But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean. |
| 71 | But he began to curse and to swear, saying; I know not this man of whom you speak. |
| 72 | And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep. |
