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The Plot to Kill Jesus

Matthew 26: 1-14

 1When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, 

 ² “As you know, Passover begins in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

  ³ At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,

 ⁴ plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

 ⁵ “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”

  ⁶ Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.

 ⁷ While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive oil and poured it over his head.

  ⁸ The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said.

 ⁹ “It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me? 

¹¹ You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. 

¹² She has poured this oil on me to prepare my body for burial. 

¹³ I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

¹⁴ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests 

¹⁵ and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver. 

¹⁶ From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

April 2019
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