Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Plot against Jesus
(Matthew 26.1–5; Luke 22.1–2; John 11.45–53)
1 It was now two days before
the Festival of Passover and
Unleavened Bread. The chief priests
and the teachers of the Law were
looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly
and put him to death. note
2 “We
must not do it during the festival,”
they said, “or the people might riot.”
Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany
(Matthew 26.6–13; John 12.1–8)
3 Jesus was in Bethany at the
house of Simon, a man who had suffered
from a dreaded skin disease.
While Jesus was eating, a woman
came in with an alabaster jar full of
a very expensive perfume made of
pure nard. She broke the jar and
poured the perfume on Jesus' head. note
4 Some of the people there became
angry and said to one another,
“What was the use of wasting the
perfume?
5 It could have been sold
for more than three hundred silver
coins note and the money given to the
poor!” And they criticized her
harshly.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her
alone! Why are you bothering her?
She has done a fine and beautiful
thing for me.
7 You will always have
poor people with you, and any time
you want to, you can help them. But
you will not always have me. note
8 She
did what she could; she poured perfume
on my body to prepare it ahead
of time for burial.
9 Now, I assure
you that wherever the gospel is
preached all over the world, what
she has done will be told in memory
of her.”
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
(Matthew 26.14–16; Luke 22.3–6)
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the
twelve disciples, went off to the
chief priests in order to betray Jesus
to them.
11 They were pleased to hear
what he had to say, and promised to
give him money. So Judas started
looking for a good chance to hand
Jesus over to them.
Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples
(Matthew 26.17–25; Luke 22.7–14, 21–23; John 13.21–30)
12 On the first day of the Festival of
Unleavened Bread, the day the
lambs for the Passover meal were
killed, Jesus' disciples asked him,
“Where do you want us to go and
get the Passover meal ready for
you?”
13 Then Jesus sent two of them
with these instructions: “Go into the
city, and a man carrying a jar of water
will meet you. Follow him
14 to
the house he enters, and say to the
owner of the house: ‘The Teacher
says, Where is the room where my
disciples and I will eat the Passover
meal?’
15 Then he will show you a
large upstairs room, fixed up and
furnished, where you will get everything
ready for us.”
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16 The disciples left, went to the
city, and found everything just as
Jesus had told them; and they prepared
the Passover meal.
17 When it was evening, Jesus
came with the twelve disciples.
18 While they were at the table eating,
Jesus said, “I tell you that one of
you will betray me—one who is eating
with me.” note
19 The disciples were upset and
began to ask him, one after the other,
“Surely you don't mean me, do
you?”
20 Jesus answered, “It will be one
of you twelve, one who dips his
bread in the dish with me.
21 The Son
of Man will die as the Scriptures say
he will; but now terrible for that man
who will betray the Son of Man! It
would have been better for that man
if he had never been born!”
The Lord's Supper
(Matthew 26.26–30; Luke 22.14–20; 1 Corinthians 11.23–25)
22 While they were eating, Jesus
took a piece of bread, gave a prayer
of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples. “Take it,” he said, “this is
my body.”
23 Then he took a cup, gave thanks
to God, and handed it to them; and
they all drank from it.
24 Jesus said,
“This is my blood which is poured
out for many, my blood which seals
God's covenant. note
25 I tell you, I will
never again drink this wine until the
day I drink the new wine in the
Kingdom of God.”
26 Then they sang a hymn and
went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
(Matthew 26.31–35; Luke 22.31–34; John 13.36–38)
27 Jesus said to them, “All of you
will run away and leave me, for the
scripture says, ‘God will kill the
shepherd, and the sheep will all be
scattered.’ note
28 But after I am raised to
life, I will go to Galilee ahead of
you.” note
29 Peter answered, “I will never
leave you, even though all the rest
do!”
30 Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you
that before the rooster crows two
times tonight, you will say three
times that you do not know me.”
31 Peter answered even more
strongly, “I will never say that, even
if I have to die with you!”
31 And all the other disciples said the
same thing.
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
(Matthew 26.36–46; Luke 22.39–46)
32 They came to a place called
Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his
disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
33 He took Peter, James, and John
with him. Distress and anguish came
over him,
34 and he said to them,
“The sorrow in my heart is so great
that it almost crushes me. Stay here
and keep watch.”
35 He went a little farther on, threw
himself on the ground, and prayed
that, if possible, he might not have
to go through that time of suffering.
36 “Father,” he prayed, “my Father!
All things are possible for you. Take
this cup of suffering away from me.
Yet not what I want, but what you
want.”
37 Then he returned and found the
three disciples asleep. He said to Peter,
“Simon, are you asleep? Weren't
you able to stay awake for even one
hour?”
38 And he said to them, “Keep
watch, and pray that you will not fall
into temptation. The spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak.”
39 He went away once more and
prayed, saying the same words.
40 Then he came back to the disciples
and found them asleep; they could
-- --
not keep their eyes open. And they
did not know what to say to him.
41 When he came back the third
time, he said to them, “Are you still
sleeping and resting? Enough! The
hour has come! Look, the Son of
Man is now being handed over to the
power of sinful men.
42 Get up, let us
go. Look, here is the man who is betraying
me!”
The Arrest of Jesus
(Matthew 26.47–56; Luke 22.47–53; John 18.3–12)
43 Jesus was still speaking when
Judas, one of the twelve disciples,
arrived. With him was a crowd
armed with swords and clubs and
sent by the chief priests, the teachers
of the Law, and the elders.
44 The
traitor had given the crowd a signal:
“The man I kiss is the one you want.
Arrest him and take him away under
guard.”
45 As soon as Judas arrived, he
went up to Jesus and said,
“Teacher!” and kissed him.
46 So
they arrested Jesus and held him
tight.
47 But one of those standing
there drew his sword and struck
at
the High Priest's slave, cutting off
his ear.
48 Then Jesus spoke up and
said to them, “Did you have to come
with swords and clubs to capture
me, as though I were an outlaw?
49 Day after day I was with you
teaching in the Temple, and you did
not arrest me. But the Scriptures
must come true.” note
50 Then all the disciples left him
and ran away.
51 A certain young man, dressed
only in a linen cloth, was following
Jesus. They tried to arrest him,
52 but
he ran away naked, leaving the cloth
behind.
Jesus before the Council
(Matthew 26.57–68; Luke 22.54–55, 63–71; John 18.13–14, 19–24)
53 Then Jesus was taken to the
High Priest's house, where all the
chief priests, the elders, and the
teachers of the Law were gathering.
54 Peter followed from a distance and
went into the courtyard of the High
Priest's house. There he sat down
with the guards, keeping himself
warm by the fire.
55 The chief priests
and the whole Council tried to find
some evidence against Jesus in order
to put him to death, but they
could not find any.
56 Many witnesses
told lies against Jesus, but
their stories did not agree.
57 Then some men stood up and
told this lie against Jesus:
58 “We
heard him say, ‘I will tear down this
Temple which men have made, and
after three days I will build one that
is not made by men.’” note
59 Not even
they, however, could make their stories
agree.
60 The High Priest stood up in front
of them all and questioned Jesus,
“Have you no answer to the accusation
they bring against you?”
61 But Jesus kept quiet and would
not say a word. Again the High
Priest questioned him, “Are you the
Messiah, the Son of the Blessed
God?”
62 “I am,” answered Jesus, “and
you will all see the Son of Man
seated at the right side of the Almighty
and coming with the clouds
of heaven!” note
63 The High Priest tore his robes
and said, “We don't need any more
witnesses!
64 You heard his blasphemy.
What is your decision?”
64 They all voted against him: he was
guilty and should be put to death. note
65 Some of them began to spit on
Jesus, and they blindfolded him and
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hit him. “Guess who hit you!” they
said. And the guards took him and
slapped him.
Peter Denies Jesus
(Matthew 26.69–75; Luke 22.56–62;
John 18.15–18,25–27)
66 Peter was still down in the
courtyard when one of the High
Priest's servant girls came by.
67 When she saw Peter warming himself,
she looked straight at him and
said, “You, too, were with Jesus of
Nazareth.”
68 But he denied it. “I don't know
. . . I don't understand what you are
talking about,” he answered, and
went out into the passageway. Just
then a rooster crowed. note
69 The servant girl saw him there
and began to repeat to the bystanders,
“He is one of them!”
70 But Peter
denied it again.
70 A little while later the bystanders
accused Peter again, “You can't
deny that you are one of them, because
you, too, are from Galilee.”
71 Then Peter said, “I swear that I
am telling the truth! May God punish
me if I am not! I do not know the
man you are talking about!”
72 Just then a rooster crowed a second
time, and Peter remembered
how Jesus had said to him, “Before
the rooster crows two times, you
will say three times that you do not
know me.” And he broke down and
cried.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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