Murdock - Matthew - 26

26:1  And it came to pass, when Jesus had concluded all these discourses, that he said to his disciples:

26:2  Ye know that after two days is the Passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

26:3  Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

26:4  And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him.

26:5  But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

26:6  And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

26:7  there 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.

26:8  And when his disciples saw it they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste?

26:9  For this ointment might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor.

26:10  But Jesus knew their dissatisfaction, and said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? She hath performed a good deed towards me.

26:11  For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always

26:12  And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for my burial.

26:13  Verily 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.

26:14  Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

26:15  and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver.

26:16  And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

26:17  And 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?

26:18  And 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

26:19  And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the Passover.

26:20  And when it was evening, he reclined with his twelve disciples.

26:21  And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, That one of you will betray me.

26:22  And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord is it I?

26:23  And he answered and said: One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will betray me.

26:24  And 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.

26:25  Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said.

26:26  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake; and gave to his disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body.

26:27  And he took the cup, and offered thanks and gave it to them, saying: Take, drink of this all of you.

26:28  This is my blood of the new testament, which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins.

26:29  But 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.

26:31  Then 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.

26:32  But after I am arisen, I will go before you into Galilee.

26:33  Cephas replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee.

26:34  Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me.

26:35  Cephas said to him: If I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples.

26:36  Then came Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray.

26:37  And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful.

26:38  And he said to them: There is anguish in my soul, even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me.

26:39  And 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.

26:40  And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour?

26:41  Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.

26:42  Again 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.

26:43  And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

26:44  And he left them, and went again and prayed the third time, and used the same language.

26:46  Then 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.

26:47  And 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.

26:48  And Judas the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye.

26:49  And forthwith he approached Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.

26:50  And 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.

26:51  And 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.

26:52  Then Jesus said to him: Return the sword to its place; for all they that take swords, shall die by swords.

26:53  Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he now assign me more than twelve legions of angels?

26:54  But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

26:55  At 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.

26:56  And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

26:57  And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and Elders were assembled.

26:58  And 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.

26:59  And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

26:60  and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward,

26:61  and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it.

26:62  And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?

26:63  And 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.

26:64  Jesus 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.

26:65  Then 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.

26:66  What is your pleasure? They answered and said: He is liable to death.

26:67  Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him,

26:68  and said to him: Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee?

26:69  And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean.

26:70  But he denied it before them all, and said: I know not what thou sayest.

26:71  And as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean.

26:72  And again he denied, with oaths: I know not that man.

26:73  And 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.

26:74  Then he began to imprecate and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour the cock crew.

26:75  And 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.