Matthew 26:12-25

12She has poured oil over my body. So now I will be ready for people to bury me.

13I tell you this: Everywhere in the world people will speak about this good news. At the same time, they will also tell people about the good thing that this woman has done. And so people will remember her.’

14Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' 12 apostles. He went to see the leaders of the priests

15and he asked them, ‘How much money will you give me if I help you to take hold of Jesus?’ The priests gave Judas 30 silver coins.

16Judas then waited for the right moment to help them to take hold of Jesus.

17The first day of the festival when the Jews eat flat bread arrived. Jesus' disciples came to him and they asked him, ‘Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you to eat?’

18Jesus replied, ‘Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, “The teacher says: This is the moment that God has prepared for me. I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples in your house.” ’

19So Jesus' disciples did what he had told them to do. They went and they prepared the Passover meal.

20When it was evening, Jesus and the 12 apostles sat down to eat the Passover meal together.

21While they were eating, Jesus said, ‘I tell you this: One of you will help the Jewish leaders to take hold of me.’

22They were very sad about what Jesus had said. Each one of them said to Jesus, ‘Lord, surely you do not mean me, do you?’

23Jesus said to them ‘The man who will give me to the rulers is eating from the same dish as I am.

24The Son of Man must die in the way that the Bible says. But it will be very bad for the man who gives me to my enemies. It would be better for that man if he had not been born.’

25Judas was the one who would give Jesus to the Jewish leaders. But he said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, surely you do not mean me, do you?’ Jesus replied to him, ‘Yes, you have said it.’