1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,
2 "You know that the Passover will take place in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."
3 Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
4 They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.
5 But they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival, lest there be a riot among the people."
6 While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head while he sat at the table.
8 But when the disciples saw this they became irritated and said, "Why this waste?
9 Surely this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."
10 But knowing this, Jesus said to them,"Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
11 For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.
12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.
13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests
15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" They placed before him thirty pieces of silver,
16 and from then on he began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples went to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"
18 He said,"Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."’"
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
20 When evening came, Jesus was sitting at the table with the twelve.
21 While they were eating, he said,"Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me."
22 Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to say to him, "Surely I am not the one, Lord?"
23 He replied,"The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
24 The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."
25 Then Judas, who was going to betray him, said, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?"Jesus said to him,"You have said so."
26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying,"Take this and eat it. This is my body."
27 Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,"Drink from it, all of you.
28 For this is my blood of the newcovenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.