22:1Now the feast day of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near: and the chiefs of the priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill Jesus: but they feared the people. 22:3And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve: and he went away, and spoke with the chiefs of the priests and the magistrates, how he might hand him over to them. 22:5And they rejoiced, and agreed to give him money. 22:6And he promised, and he was seeking an opportunity to hand him over without the crowds. 22:7And the day of unleavened bread came, on which it was necessary for the Passover to be killed.
22:8And he sent Peter and John, saying: "Going, make ready the Passover for us, so that we may eat it." 22:9But they said: "Where do you wish us to make it ready?" 22:10And he said to them: "Look, as you go into the city a certain man will meet you carrying a jar of water: follow him into the house into which he goes, and you will say to the father of the household of the house: 'The Master says to you: Where is the lodging, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 22:12And he himself will show you a large upper room spread with couches, and there make ready."
22:13And going, they found it just as he had said to them, and they made ready the Passover. 22:14And when the hour had come, he reclined, and the twelve apostles with him. 22:15And he said to them: "With longing I have longed to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer. 22:16For I say to you, that from now on I will not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 22:17And, a cup having been taken, he gave thanks, and said: "Take, and divide it among you. 22:18For I say to you that I will not drink of the offspring of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
22:19And, bread having been taken, he gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to them, saying: "This is my body, which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me." 22:20Likewise also the cup, after he had dined, saying: "This is the cup, the new covenant in my blood, which will be poured out for you. 22:21But yet look, the hand of the one handing me over is with me on the table. 22:22And indeed the Son of Man goes, according to what has been determined: but yet woe to that man through whom he will be handed over." 22:23And they themselves began to inquire among themselves which of them it was who was going to do this.
22:24And there came about also a dispute among them, which of them seemed to be greater. 22:25And he said to them: "The kings of the gentiles lord it over them: and those who have power over them are called benefactors. 22:26But you, not so: but he who is greater among you, let him become as the lesser: and he who is the leader, as the one serving. 22:27For who is greater, he who reclines, or he who serves? 22:27Is it not he who reclines? 22:27But I am in the midst of you as one who serves: and you are the ones who have remained with me in my trials. 22:29And I appoint for you, just as my Father appointed for me, a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and may sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
22:31And the Lord said: "Simon, Simon, look, Satan has demanded you, so that he might sift you like wheat: but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail: and you, once turned back, strengthen your brothers." 22:33He said to him: "Lord, with you I am ready to go both into prison and into death." 22:34But he said: "I say to you, Peter, the cock will not crow today until three times you deny that you know me." 22:34And he said to them: "When I sent you without purse, and bag, and shoes, surely nothing was lacking to you?" 22:36But they said: "Nothing." 22:36He said therefore to them: "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it; 22:36Likewise also a bag: and whoever does not have one, let him sell his tunic and buy a sword.
22:37For I say to you, that this which has been written must still be fulfilled in me: 'And he was reckoned with the wicked.' 22:37For indeed the things which concern me have an end." 22:38But they said: "Lord, look, two swords here." 22:38But he said to them: "It is enough." 22:39And going out, he was going, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. 22:39And the disciples too followed him. 22:40And when he had arrived at the place, he said to them: "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." 22:41And he himself was torn away from them about a stone's throw: and, his knees having been set down, he was praying, saying: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me: but yet not my will, but yours be done."
22:43And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. 22:43And having come into agony, he was praying at greater length. 22:44And his sweat became like drops of blood running down onto the ground. 22:45And when he had risen from prayer and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. 22:46And he said to them: "Why are you sleeping? 22:46Get up, pray, that you may not enter into temptation." 22:47While he was still speaking, look, a crowd: and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them, and he drew near to Jesus so that he might kiss him. 22:48But Jesus said to him: "Judas, with a kiss do you hand over the Son of Man?"
22:49And those who were around him, seeing what was going to be, said to him: "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" 22:50And one of them struck the servant of the chief of the priests, and cut off his right ear. 22:51But Jesus, answering, said: "Allow it thus far." 22:51And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. 22:52And Jesus said to those who had come to him, the chiefs of the priests, and the magistrates of the temple, and the elders: "As against a robber have you come out with swords and clubs? 22:53When I was with you every day in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
22:54And seizing him, they led him to the house of the chief of the priests: but Peter was following far off. 22:55And, a fire having been lit in the middle of the courtyard, and they sitting around it, Peter was in the midst of them. 22:56And when a certain maidservant had seen him sitting by the light, and had gazed at him, she said: "This man too was with him." 22:57But he denied him, saying: "Woman, I do not know him." 22:58And after a little while another, seeing him, said: "You too are one of them." 22:58But Peter said: "O man, I am not." 22:59And an interval of about one hour having passed, a certain other man was insisting, saying: "Truly this man too was with him: for he is also a Galilean."
22:60And Peter said: "Man, I do not know what you are saying." 22:60And at once, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 22:61And the Lord, turning, looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said: "Before the cock crows, three times you will deny me." 22:62And going outside, Peter wept bitterly. 22:63And the men who were holding him were mocking him, beating him. 22:64And they blindfolded him, and were striking his face: and they were asking him, saying: "Prophesy, who is it who struck you?" 22:65And many other things, blaspheming, they were saying against him. 22:66And when the day had come, the elders of the people, and the chiefs of the priests, and the scribes came together, and they led him into their council, saying: "If you are the Christ, tell us."
22:67And he said to them: "If I tell you, you will not believe me: and if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. 22:69But from now on the Son of Man will be sitting at the right of the power of God." 22:70And they all said: "Are you then the Son of God?" 22:70He said: "You say that I am." 22:71But they said: "What further testimony do we desire? 22:71For we ourselves have heard it from his mouth."