21:1 Jesus 1 looked up 2 and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. 3 21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 4 21:3 He 5 said, “I tell you the truth, 6 this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 7 21:4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. 8 But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.” 9
21:5 Now 10 while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned 11 with beautiful stones and offerings, 12 Jesus 13 said, 21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. 14 All will be torn down!” 15 21:7 So 16 they asked him, 17 “Teacher, when will these things 18 happen? And what will be the sign that 19 these things are about to take place?” 21:8 He 20 said, “Watch out 21 that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ 22 and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them! 21:9 And when you hear of wars and rebellions, 23 do not be afraid. 24 For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.” 25
21:10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms 26 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines 27 and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights 28 and great signs 29 from heaven. 21:12 But before all this, 30 they will seize 31 you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues 32 and prisons. You 33 will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. 21:13 This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses. 34 21:14 Therefore be resolved 35 not to rehearse 36 ahead of time how to make your defense. 21:15 For I will give you the words 37 along with the wisdom 38 that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. 21:16 You will be betrayed even by parents, 39 brothers, relatives, 40 and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 21:17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 41 21:18 Yet 42 not a hair of your head will perish. 43 21:19 By your endurance 44 you will gain 45 your lives. 46
21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem 47 surrounded 48 by armies, then know that its 49 desolation 50 has come near. 21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee 51 to the mountains. Those 52 who are inside the city must depart. Those 53 who are out in the country must not enter it, 21:22 because these are days of vengeance, 54 to fulfill 55 all that is written. 21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress 56 on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They 57 will fall by the edge 58 of the sword and be led away as captives 59 among all nations. Jerusalem 60 will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 61
21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, 62 and on the earth nations will be in distress, 63 anxious 64 over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 21:26 People will be fainting from fear 65 and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 66 21:27 Then 67 they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud 68 with power and great glory. 21:28 But when these things 69 begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption 70 is drawing near.”
21:29 Then 71 he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. 72 21:30 When they sprout leaves, you see 73 for yourselves and know that summer is now near. 21:31 So also you, when you see these things happening, know 74 that the kingdom of God 75 is near. 21:32 I tell you the truth, 76 this generation 77 will not pass away until all these things take place. 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 78
21:34 “But be on your guard 79 so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. 80 21:35 For 81 it will overtake 82 all who live on the face of the whole earth. 83 21:36 But stay alert at all times, 84 praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must 85 happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
21:37 So 86 every day Jesus 87 was teaching in the temple courts, 88 but at night he went and stayed 89 on the Mount of Olives. 90 21:38 And all the people 91 came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts. 92
22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, 93 which is called the Passover, was approaching. 22:2 The 94 chief priests and the experts in the law 95 were trying to find some way 96 to execute 97 Jesus, 98 for they were afraid of the people. 99
22:3 Then 100 Satan 101 entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 102 22:4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard 103 how he might 104 betray Jesus, 105 handing him over to them. 106 22:5 They 107 were delighted 108 and arranged to give him money. 109 22:6 So 110 Judas 111 agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus 112 when no crowd was present. 113
22:7 Then the day for the feast 114 of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 115 22:8 Jesus 116 sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover 117 for us to eat.” 118 22:9 They 119 said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare 120 it?” 22:10 He said to them, “Listen, 121 when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water 122 will meet you. 123 Follow him into the house that he enters, 22:11 and tell the owner of the house, 124 ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ 22:12 Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there.” 22:13 So 125 they went and found things 126 just as he had told them, 127 and they prepared the Passover.
22:14 Now 128 when the hour came, Jesus 129 took his place at the table 130 and the apostles joined 131 him. 22:15 And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired 132 to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 22:16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again 133 until it is fulfilled 134 in the kingdom of God.” 135 22:17 Then 136 he took a cup, 137 and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves. 22:18 For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit 138 of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 139 22:19 Then 140 he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body 141 which is given for you. 142 Do this in remembrance of me.” 22:20 And in the same way he took 143 the cup after they had eaten, 144 saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant 145 in my blood.
22:21 “But look, the hand of the one who betrays 146 me is with me on the table. 147 22:22 For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, 148 but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” 22:23 So 149 they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.
22:24 A dispute also started 150 among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 151 22:25 So 152 Jesus 153 said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ 154 22:26 Not so with you; 155 instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader 156 like the one who serves. 157 22:27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, 158 or the one who serves? Is it not 159 the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one 160 who serves.
22:28 “You are the ones who have remained 161 with me in my trials. 22:29 Thus 162 I grant 163 to you a kingdom, 164 just as my Father granted to me, 22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit 165 on thrones judging 166 the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 “Simon, 167 Simon, pay attention! 168 Satan has demanded to have you all, 169 to sift you like wheat, 170 22:32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, 171 that your faith may not fail. 172 When 173 you have turned back, 174 strengthen 175 your brothers.” 22:33 But Peter 176 said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!” 177 22:34 Jesus replied, 178 “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow 179 today until you have denied 180 three times that you know me.”
22:35 Then 181 Jesus 182 said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, 183 or traveler’s bag, 184 or sandals, you didn’t lack 185 anything, did you?” They replied, 186 “Nothing.” 22:36 He said to them, “But now, the one who 187 has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler’s bag 188 too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one. 22:37 For I tell you that this scripture must be 189 fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ 190 For what is written about me is being fulfilled.” 191 22:38 So 192 they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” 193 Then he told them, “It is enough.” 194
22:39 Then 195 Jesus 196 went out and made his way, 197 as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, 198 and the disciples followed him. 22:40 When he came to the place, 199 he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 200 22:41 He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take 201 this cup 202 away from me. Yet not my will but yours 203 be done.” 22:43 [Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 22:44 And in his anguish 204 he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] 205 22:45 When 206 he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted 207 from grief. 22:46 So 208 he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!” 209
22:47 While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, 210 and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up 211 to Jesus to kiss him. 212 22:48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” 213 22:49 When 214 those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should 215 we use our swords?” 216 22:50 Then 217 one of them 218 struck the high priest’s slave, 219 cutting off his right ear. 22:51 But Jesus said, 220 “Enough of this!” And he touched the man’s 221 ear and healed 222 him. 22:52 Then 223 Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, 224 and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw? 225 22:53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, 226 you did not arrest me. 227 But this is your hour, 228 and that of the power 229 of darkness!”
22:54 Then 230 they arrested 231 Jesus, 232 led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. 233 But Peter was following at a distance. 22:55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 22:56 Then a slave girl, 234 seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!” 22:57 But Peter 235 denied it: “Woman, 236 I don’t know 237 him!” 22:58 Then 238 a little later someone else 239 saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, 240 I am not!” 22:59 And after about an hour still another insisted, 241 “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.” 242 22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, 243 while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 244 22:61 Then 245 the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, 246 how he had said to him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly. 247
22:63 Now 248 the men who were holding Jesus 249 under guard began to mock him and beat him. 22:64 They 250 blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, 251 “Prophesy! Who hit you?” 252 22:65 They also said many other things against him, reviling 253 him.
22:66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. 254 Then 255 they led Jesus 256 away to their council 257 22:67 and said, “If 258 you are the Christ, 259 tell us.” But he said to them, “If 260 I tell you, you will not 261 believe, 22:68 and if 262 I ask you, you will not 263 answer. 22:69 But from now on 264 the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand 265 of the power 266 of God.” 22:70 So 267 they all said, “Are you the Son of God, 268 then?” He answered 269 them, “You say 270 that I am.” 22:71 Then 271 they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves 272 from his own lips!” 273