Matthew 26:3-17

The Plot to Kill Jesus

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."

Judas to Betray Jesus

14 e Then one of the twelve, whose name was f Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they g paid him h thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity i to betray him.

The Passover with the Disciples

17 j Now on k the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Cross References
    Matthew 26:14 - 16
    Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Is...
    Mark 14:10 - 11
    Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve,...
    Luke 22:3 - 6
    Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, ...
    John 13:2
    During supper, when the devil had already put i...
    John 13:27
    Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan enter...
    John 13:30
    So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he imm...
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 10:4
    Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
    Matthew 27:3
    Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
    Acts 1:16
    Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
    John 6:71
    He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.
    John 12:4
    But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 26:14 - 16
    Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
    Mark 14:10 - 11
    Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
    Luke 22:3 - 6
    Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.
  19. Cross References
    Zechariah 11:12
    Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.
    Genesis 23:16
    Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
    Jeremiah 32:9
    And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 27:3
    Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
    Matthew 27:9
    Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel.
    Exodus 21:32
    If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
  21. 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
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 26:17 - 19
    Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?
    Mark 14:12 - 16
    And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?
    Luke 22:7 - 13
    Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 12:18
    In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
  24. Cross References
    Matthew 26:17 - 19
    Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?
    Mark 14:12 - 16
    And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?
    Luke 22:7 - 13
    Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
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