"And at that time if anyone should say to you, "Behold, here [is] the Christ,' 'Behold, there [he is],' do not believe [him]!

Now after two days it was the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, [after] arresting him by stealth, they could kill [him].

And Judas Iscariot, who [was] one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.

And [when] they heard [this], they were delighted, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how he could betray him conveniently.

And on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go [and] prepare, so that you can eat the Passover?"

And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,

They began to be distressed and to say to him one by one, "Surely not I?"

For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would be] better for him if that man had not been born."

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!"

And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that today--this night--before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times!"

And he took along Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled.

And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

And immediately, [while] he was still speaking, Judas--one of the twelve--arrived, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him and lead [him] away under guard!"

And [when he] arrived, he came up to him immediately [and] said, "Rabbi," and kissed him.

So they laid hands on him and arrested him.

And they all abandoned him [and] fled.

And a certain young man was following him, clothed [only] in a linen cloth on [his] naked body. And they attempted to seize him,

And Peter followed him from a distance, right inside, into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself by the fire.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find [it].

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony was not consistent.

And some stood up [and] began to give false testimony against him, saying,

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

You have heard the blasphemy! What {do you think}?" And they all condemned him {as deserving death}.

And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him "Prophesy!" And the officers received him with slaps in the face.

And [when] she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him [and] said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

And the female slave, [when she] saw him, began to say again to the bystanders, "This man is one of them!"

And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

And as soon as morning [came], [after] formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led [him] away, and handed [him] over to Pilate.

And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

And the chief priests began to accuse him [of] many [things].

So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

And the crowd came up [and] began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them.

(For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

And they shouted again, "Crucify him!"

And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"

So Pilate, [because he] wanted {to satisfy} the crowd, released for them Barabbas. And [after] he had Jesus flogged, he handed [him] over so that he could be crucified.

So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort.

And they put a purple cloak on him, and [after] weaving a crown of thorns they placed [it] on him.

And they began to greet him, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

And they repeatedly struck him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and {they knelt down} [and] did obeisance to him.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated "Place of a Skull").

And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots for them [to see] who should take what.

Now it was the third hour when they crucified him.

And the inscription of the charge against him was written, "The king of the Jews."

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days,

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking [him] to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already.

And [after] purchasing a linen cloth [and] taking him down, he wrapped [him] in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb.

And [when] the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome purchased fragrant spices so that they could go [and] anoint him.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him!

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

She went out [and] announced [it] to those who were with him [while they] were mourning and weeping.

And later, [while] they were reclining at table, he appeared to the eleven. And he reprimanded their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him [after he] had been raised.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

And Zechariah was terrified [when he] saw [the angel], and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."

And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

And his mercy [is] for generation after generation to those who fear him.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him {after} his father Zechariah.

So they made signs to his father [asking] what he wanted him to be named,

And all those who heard kept [these things] in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be? For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him!"

[that] we, being rescued from the hand of [our] enemies, could serve him without fear

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him [and] was pregnant.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem {whose name was} Simeon, and this man [was] righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law,

he took him in [his] arms and praised God and said,

And his father and mother were astonished at what was said about him.

And at [that] same hour she approached [and] began to give thanks to God, and to speak about him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

but believing him to be in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. And they began searching for him among [their] relatives and [their] acquaintances,

and [when they] did not find [him], they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple [courts], sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them [questions].

And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and [his] answers.

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then should we do?"

And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

So the devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order this stone that it become bread!"

And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone.'"

And he led him up [and] showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.