1And it came to pass, when Jesus had concluded all these discourses, that he said to his disciples: 2Ye know that after two days is the Passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him. 5But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people. 6And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7there came to him a woman having a vase of aromatic ointment very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he was reclining. 8And when his disciples saw it they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste? 9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor. 10But Jesus knew their dissatisfaction, and said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? She hath performed a good deed towards me. 11For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always 12And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for my burial. 13Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this thing that she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her. 14Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 15and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver. 16And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 17And on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover? 18And he said to them: Go ye into the city, to such a man, and say to him: Our Rabbi saith, My time approaches: with thee will I keep the Passover with my disciples 19And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the Passover. 20And when it was evening, he reclined with his twelve disciples. 21And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, That one of you will betray me. 22And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord is it I? 23And he answered and said: One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will betray me. 24And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born. 25Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. 26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake; and gave to his disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body. 27And he took the cup, and offered thanks and gave it to them, saying: Take, drink of this all of you. 28This is my blood of the new testament, which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins. 29But I say to you, that I will henceforth not drink of this product of the vine, until the day in which I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of God. And they sang praises, and went forth to the mount of Olives. 30 31Then said Jesus to them: Ye will all be offended in me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed. 32But after I am arisen, I will go before you into Galilee. 33Cephas replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee. 34Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me. 35Cephas said to him: If I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples. 36Then came Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray. 37And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful. 38And he said to them: There is anguish in my soul, even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me. 39And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou. 40And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour? 41Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm. 42Again he went away the second time, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44And he left them, and went again and prayed the third time, and used the same language. 45 46Then he came to his disciples, and said to them: Sleep on now, and take rest. Behold, the hour is come: and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us go. Behold, he that betrayeth me hath come. 47And while he was yet speaking, lo, Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, arrived; and a great multitude with him, with swords and clubs, from the presence of the chief priests and elders of the people. 48And Judas the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye. 49And forthwith he approached Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him. 50And Jesus said to him: My friend, is it for this thou hast come? Then they came up, and laid their hands on Jesus, and took him. 51And lo, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 52Then Jesus said to him: Return the sword to its place; for all they that take swords, shall die by swords. 53Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he now assign me more than twelve legions of angels? 54But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 55At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me. 56And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled. 57And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and Elders were assembled. 58And Simon Cephas followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants within, that he might see the issue. 59And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 60and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward, 61and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it. 62And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? 63And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. 64Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 65Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said: Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we seek for witnesses? Behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy. 66What is your pleasure? They answered and said: He is liable to death. 67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him, 68and said to him: Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee? 69And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean. 70But he denied it before them all, and said: I know not what thou sayest. 71And as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean. 72And again he denied, with oaths: I know not that man. 73And a little after, those standing there came up and said to Cephas: Certainly, thou too art one of them; and thy speech maketh thee manifest. 74Then he began to imprecate and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour the cock crew. 75And Cephas remembered the declaration of Jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly.