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[1]And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid alle these wordis, he seide to hise disciplis,
[2]Ye witen, that aftir twei daies pask schal be maad, and mannus sone schal be bitakun to be crucified.
[3]Than the princes of prestis and the elder men of the puple were gaderid in to the halle of the prince of prestis, that was seid Cayfas,
[4]and maden a counsel to holde Jhesu with gile, and sle him;
[5]but thei seiden, Not in the haliday, lest perauenture noyse were maad in the puple.
[6]And whanne Jhesus was in Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous,
[7]a womman that hadde a box of alabastre of precious oynement, cam to hym, and schedde out on the heed of hym restynge.
[8]And disciplis seynge hadden dedeyn, and seiden, Wherto this loss? for it myyte be seld for myche,
[9]and be youun to pore men.
[10]But Jhesus knewe, and seide to hem, What ben ye heuy to this womman? for sche hath wrouyt in me a good werk.
[11]For ye schulen euere haue pore men with you, but ye schulen not algatis haue me.
[12]This womman sendynge this oynement in to my bodi, dide to birie me.
[13]Treuli Y seie to you, where euer this gospel schal be prechid in al the world, it schal be seid, that sche dide this, in mynde of hym.
[14]Thanne oon of the twelue, that was clepid Judas Scarioth, wente forth to the princis of prestis,
[15]and seide to hem, What wolen ye yyue to me, and Y schal bitake hym to you? And thei ordeyneden to hym thretti pans of siluer.
[16]And fro that tyme he souyte oportunyte, to bitraye hym.
[17]And in the firste dai of therf looues the disciplis camen to Jhesu, and seiden, Where wolt thou we make redi to thee, to ete paske?
[18]Jhesus seide, Go ye into the citee to `sum man, and seie to hym, The maistir seith, My tyme is nyy; at thee Y make paske with my disciplis.
[19]And the disciplis diden, as Jhesus comaundide to hem; and thei maden the paske redi.
[20]And whanne euentid was come, he sat to mete with hise twelue disciplis.
[21]And he seide to hem, as thei eten, Treuli Y seie to you, that oon of you schal bitraye me.
[22]And thei ful sori bigunnen ech bi hym silf to seie, Lord, whether `Y am?
[23]And he answeride, and seide, He that puttith with me his hoond in the plater, schal bitraye me.
[24]Forsothe mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, bi whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed; it were good to hym, if that man hadde not be borun.
[25]But Judas that bitraiede hym, answeride, seiynge, Maister, whether `Y am? Jhesus seide to hym, Thou hast seid.
[26]And while thei soupeden, Jhesus took breed, and blesside, and brak, and yaf to hise disciplis, and seide, Take ye, and ete; this is my body.
[27]And he took the cuppe, and dide thankyngis, and yaf to hem,
[28]and seide, Drynke ye alle herof; this is my blood of the newe testament, which schal be sched for many, in to remissioun of synnes.
[29]And Y seie to you, Y schal not drynke fro this tyme, of this fruyt of the vyne, in to that dai whanne Y schal drynke it newe with you, in the kyngdom of my fadir.
[30]And whanne the ympne was seid, thei wenten out in to the mount of Olyuete.
[31]Thanne Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ye schulen suffre sclaundre in me, in this niyt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheeperde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be scaterid.
[32]But aftir that Y schal rise ayen, Y schal go bifore you in to Galilee.
[33]Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Thouy alle schulen be sclaundrid in thee, Y schal neuer be sclaundrid.
[34]Jhesus seide to him, Treuli Y seie to thee, for in this nyyt bifor the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me.
[35]Peter seide to him, Yhe, thouy it bihoue that Y die with thee, Y schal not denye thee. Also alle the disciplis seiden.
[36]Thanne Jhesus cam with hem in to a toun, that is seid Jessamanye. And he seide to his disciplis, Sitte ye here, the while Y go thider, and preye.
[37]And whanne he hadde take Peter, and twei sones of Zebedee, he bigan to be heuy and sori.
[38]Thanne he seide to hem, My soule is soreuful to the deeth; abide ye here, and wake ye with me.
[39]And he yede forth a litil, and felde doun on his face, preiynge, and seiynge, My fader, if it is possible, passe this cuppe fro me; netheles not as Y wole, but as thou wolt.
[40]And he cam to his disciplis, and foond hem slepynge. And he seide to Petir, So, whethir ye myyten not oon our wake with me?
[41]Wake ye, and preye ye, that ye entre not in to temptacioun; for the spirit is redi, but the fleisch is sijk.
[42]Eft the secounde tyme he wente, and preyede, seiynge, My fadir, if this cuppe may not passe, but Y drynke hym, thi wille be doon.
[43]And eftsoone he cam, and foond hem slepynge; for her iyen weren heuyed.
[44]And he lefte hem, and wente eftsoone, and preiede the thridde tyme, and seide the same word.
[45]Thanne he cam to his disciplis, and seide to hem, Slepe ye now, and reste ye; loo! the our hath neiyed, and mannus sone schal be takun in to the hondis of synneris;
[46]rise ye, go we; loo! he that schal take me, is nyy.
[47]Yit the while he spak, lo! Judas, oon of the twelue, cam, and with hym a greet cumpeny, with swerdis and battis, sent fro the princis of prestis, and fro the eldre men of the puple.
[48]And he that bitraiede hym, yaf to hem a tokene, and seide, Whom euer Y schal kisse, he it is; holde ye hym.
[49]And anoon he cam to Jhesu, and seid, Haile, maister;
[50]and he kisside hym. And Jhesus seide to hym, Freend, wherto art thou comun? Thanne thei camen niy, and leiden hoondis on Jhesu, and helden hym.
[51]And lo! oon of hem that weren with Jhesu, streiyte out his hoond, and drouy out his swerd; and he smoot the seruaunt of the prince of prestis, and kitte of his ere.
[52]Thanne Jhesus seide to hym, Turne thi swerd in to his place; for alle that taken swerd, schulen perische bi swerd.
[53]Whether gessist thou, that Y may not preie my fadir, and he schal yyue to me now mo than twelue legiouns of aungels?
[54]Hou thanne schulen the scriptures be fulfilled? for so it bihoueth to be doon.
[55]In that our Jhesus seide to the puple, As to a theef ye han gon out, with swerdis and battis, to take me; dai bi dai Y sat among you, and tauyt in the temple, and ye helden me not.
[56]But al this thing was don, that the scripturis of profetis schulden be fulfillid. Thanne alle the disciplis fledden, and leften hym.
[57]And thei helden Jhesu, and ledden hym to Cayfas, the prince of prestis, where the scribis and the Farisees, and the eldre men of the puple weren comun togidere.
[58]But Petir swede him afer, in to the halle of the prince of prestis; and he wente in, and sat with the seruauntis, to se the ende.
[59]And the prince of prestis, and al the counsel souyten fals witnessing ayens Jhesu, that thei schulden take hym to deeth;
[60]and thei founden not, whanne manye false witnessis weren comun. But at the laste, twei false witnessis camen,
[61]and seiden, `This seide, Y may distruye the temple of God, and after the thridde dai bilde it ayen.
[62]And the prince of prestis roos, and seide to hym, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis, that these witnessen ayens thee?
[63]But Jhesus was stille. And the prince of prestis seide to hym, Y coniure thee bi lyuynge God, that thou seie to vs, if thou art Crist, the sone of God.
[64]Jhesus seide to him, Thou hast seid; netheles Y seie to you, `fro hennus forth ye schulen se mannus sone sittinge at the riythalf of the vertu of God, and comynge in the cloudis of heuene.
[65]Thanne the prince of prestis to-rente his clothis, and seide, He hath blasfemed; what yit han we nede to witnessis? lo! now ye han herd blasfemye; what semeth to you?
[66]And thei answeriden, and seiden, He is gilti of deeth.
[67]Thanne thei speten `in to his face, and smyten hym with buffatis; and othere yauen strokis with the pawme of her hondis in his face,
[68]and seide, Thou Crist, arede to vs, who is he that smoot thee?
[69]And Petir sat with outen in the halle; and a damysel cam to hym, and seide, Thou were with Jhesu of Galilee.
[70]And he denyede bifor alle men, and seide, Y woot not what thou seist.
[71]And whanne he yede out at the yate, another damysel say hym, and seide to hem that weren there, And this was with Jhesu of Nazareth.
[72]And eftsoone he denyede with an ooth, For I knewe not the man.
[73]And a litil aftir, thei that stooden camen, and seiden to Petir, Treuli thou art of hem; for thi speche makith thee knowun.
[74]Thanne he bigan to warie and to swere, that he knewe not the man. And anoon the cok crewe.
[75]And Petir bithouyte on the word of Jhesu, that he hadde seid, Bifore the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me. And he yede out, and wepte bitterli.
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