1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

2 'You have known that after two days the passover comes, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.'

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

5 and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

6 And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

8 And having seen it, his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

10 And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why do you give trouble to the woman? For a good work she wrought for me;

11 for the poor always you have with you, and me you have not always;

12 for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she didit.

13 Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what thisone did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

14 Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,

15 'What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' And they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,

16 and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

17 And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where will you that we may prepare for you to eat the passover?'

18 And he said, 'Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher said, My time is near; near you I keep the passover, with my disciples;'

19 and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.

20 And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

21 and while they are eating, he said, 'Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.'

22 And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, 'Is it I, Sir?'

23 And he answering said, 'He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up;

24 the Son of Man does indeed go, as it has been written concerning him, but woo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! Good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

25 And Judas -- he who delivered him up -- answering said, 'Is it I, Rabbi?' He said to him, 'You have said.'

26 And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body;'

27 and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, 'Drink you of it -- all;

28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;