1. When Yeshua had finished speaking, he said to his [talmidim],

2. "As you know, [Pesach] is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be nailed to the execution-stake."

3. Then the head [cohanim] and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of Kayafa the [cohen hagadol].

4. They made plans to arrest Yeshua surreptitiously and have him put to death;

5. but they said, "Not during the festival, or the people will riot."

6. Yeshua was in Beit-Anyah, at the home of Shim'on, the man who had had [tzara'at].

7. A woman who had an alabaster jar filled with very expensive perfume approached Yeshua while he was eating and began pouring it on his head.

8. When the [talmidim] saw it, they became very angry. "Why this waste?" they asked.

9. "This could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor."

10. But Yeshua, aware of what was going on, said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

11. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

12. She poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial.

13. Yes! I tell you that throughout the whole world, wherever this Good News is proclaimed, what she has done will be told in her memory."

14. Then one of the Twelve, the one called Y'hudah from K'riot, went to the head [cohanim]

15. and said, "What are you willing to give me if I turn Yeshua over to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to Y'hudah.

16. From then on he looked for a good opportunity to betray him.

17. On the first day for [matzah], the [talmidim] came to Yeshua and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare your [Seder]?"

18. "Go into the city, to so-and-so," he replied, "and tell him that the Rabbi says, 'My time is near, my [talmidim] and I are celebrating [Pesach] at your house.'"

19. The [talmidim] did as Yeshua directed and prepared the [Seder].

20. When evening came, Yeshua reclined with the twelve [talmidim];

21. and as they were eating, he said, "Yes, I tell you that one of you is going to betray me."

22. They became terribly upset and began asking him, one after the other, "Lord, you don't mean me, do you?"

23. He answered, "The one who dips his [matzah] in the dish with me is the one who will betray me.

24. The Son of Man will die just as the [Tanakh] says he will; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him had he never been born!"

25. Y'hudah, the one who was betraying him, then asked, "Surely, Rabbi, you don't mean me?" He answered, "The words are yours."

26. While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of [matzah], made the [b'rakhah], broke it, gave it to the [talmidim] and said, "Take! Eat! This is my body!"

27. Also he took a cup of wine, made the [b'rakhah], and gave it to them, saying, "All of you, drink from it!

28. For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.

29. I tell you, I will not drink this 'fruit of the vine' again until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father's Kingdom."

30. After singing the [Hallel], they went out to the Mount of Olives.

31. Yeshua then said to them, "Tonight you will all lose faith in me, as the [Tanakh] says, 'I will strike the shepherd dead, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

32. But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you into the Galil."

33. "I will never lose faith in you," Kefa answered, "even if everyone else does."

34. Yeshua said to him, "Yes! I tell you that tonight before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!"

35. "Even if I must die with you," Kefa replied, "I will never disown you!" And all the [talmidim] said the same thing.

36. Then Yeshua went with his [talmidim] to a place called Gat-Sh'manim and said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

37. He took with him Kefa and Zavdai's two sons. Grief and anguish came over him,

38. and he said to them, "My heart is so filled with sadness that I could die! Remain here and stay awake with me."

39. Going on a little farther, he fell on his face, praying, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet- not what I want, but what you want!"

40. He returned to the [talmidim] and found them sleeping. He said to Kefa, "Were you so weak that you couldn't stay awake with me for even an hour?

41. Stay awake, and pray that you will not be put to the test- the spirit indeed is eager, but human nature is weak."

42. A second time he went off and prayed. "My Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, let what you want be done."

43. Again he returned and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy.

44. Leaving them again, he went off and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

45. Then he came to the [talmidim] and said, "For now, go on sleeping, take your rest.... Look! The time has come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.