3. At that time the chief priests and the nation's leaders were meeting at the home of Caiaphas the high priest.
4. They secretly planned to have Jesus arrested and put to death.
5. But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”
6. Jesus was in the town of Bethany, eating at the home of Simon, who had leprosy.
7. A woman came in with a bottle of expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus' head.
8. But when his disciples saw this, they became angry and complained, “Why such a waste?
9. We could have sold this perfume for a lot of money and given it to the poor.”
20-21. When Jesus was eating with his twelve disciples that evening, he said, “One of you will hand me over to my enemies.”
22. The disciples were very sad, and each one said to Jesus, “Lord, you can't mean me!”
23. He answered, “One of you men who has eaten with me from this dish will betray me.
24. The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. But it's going to be terrible for the one who betrays me! That man would be better off if he had never been born.”
25. Judas said, “Teacher, surely you don't mean me!”“That's what you say!” Jesus replied. But later, Judas did betray him.
26. During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and eat it. This is my body.”
27. Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He then gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and drink it.
28. This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.