Matthew 26:1-13

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 m "You know that after two days n the Passover is coming, and o the Son of Man p will be delivered up to be crucified."

3 q Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in r the palace of the high priest, whose name was s Caiaphas, 4 t and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, u lest there be an uproar among the people."

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

6 v Now when Jesus was at w Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 1 7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and x given to the poor." 10 But y Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For z you always have the poor with you, but a you will not always have me. 12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it b to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly, I say to you, wherever c this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told d in memory of her."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 26:2 - 5
    "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
    Mark 14:1 - 2
    It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him.
    Luke 22:1 - 2
    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
  2. Cross References
    John 6:4
    Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 26:24
    The Son of Man goes 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.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 20:18 - 19
    See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 26:2 - 5
    "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
    Mark 14:1 - 2
    It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him.
    Luke 22:1 - 2
    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 2:2
    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying.
    John 11:47
    So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
    Acts 4:27
    For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 26:58
    And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.
    Matthew 26:69
    Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean.
    Luke 11:21
    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe.
    John 18:15
    Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest.
    Revelation 11:2
    But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 26:57
    Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
    Luke 3:2
    During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
    John 11:49
    But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
    John 18:13
    First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
    Acts 4:6
    With Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
  9. Cross References
    John 11:53
    So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
    Matthew 21:46
    And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 27:24
    So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 26:6 - 13
    Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.
    Mark 14:3 - 9
    And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
    John 12:1 - 8
    Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
    Luke 7:37 - 39
    And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 21:17
    And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
    John 11:18
    Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 26:6 - 13
    Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.
    Mark 14:3 - 9
    And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
    John 12:1 - 8
    Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
  14. Cross References
    John 13:29
    Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
  15. Cross References
    Matthew 16:8
    But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:11
    For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 9:15
    And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  18. Cross References
    John 19:40
    So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
  19. Cross References
    Matthew 24:14
    And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
  20. Cross References
    Acts 10:4
    And he stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
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