Mateus 26

¹ And it came to passe when Iesus had fynisshed all these sayinges he sayd vnto his disciples:

² Ye knowe that after ii. dayes shalbe ester and the sonne of man shalbe delyvered to be crucified.

³ Then assembled togedder the chefe prestes and the scribes and the elders of the people to the palice of the hye preste called Cayphas

⁴ and heelde a counsell how they mygt take Iesus by suttelte and kyll him.

⁵ But they sayd not on the holy daye lest eny vproure aryse amonge the people.

⁶ When Iesus was in Bethany in the house of Symon the leper

⁷ ther came vnto him a woman which had an alablaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his heed as he sate at the bourde.

⁸ When his disciples sawe that they had indignacion sayinge: what neded this wast?

⁹ This oyntmet myght have bene well solde and geven to the povre.

¹⁰ When Iesus vnderstod that he sayde vnto the: why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good worke apon me.

¹¹ For ye shall have povre folcke alwayes with you: but me shall ye not have all wayes.

¹² And in yt she casted this oyntment on my bodye she dyd it to burye me wt all.

¹³ Verely I saye vnto you wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached throughoute all the worlde there shall also this that she hath done be tolde for a memoriall of her.

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve called Iudas Iscarioth went vnto the chefe prestes

¹⁵ and sayd: what will ye geve me and I will deliver him vnto you? And they apoynted vnto him thirty peces of sylver.

¹⁶ And from that tyme he sought oportunite to betraye him.

¹⁷ The fyrst daye of swete breed ye disciples cam to Iesus sayinge vnto him: where wylt thou that we prepare for ye to eate ye paschall lambe?

¹⁸ And he sayd: Go into the cite vnto soche a man and saye to him: the master sayeth my tyme is at hande I will kepe myne ester at thy housse with my disciples.

¹⁹ And the disciples did as Iesus had apoynted them and made redy the esterlambe.

²⁰ When the even was come he sate doune wt the .xii.

²¹ And as they dyd eate he sayde: Verely I saye vnto you that one of you shall betraye me.

²² And they were excedinge sorowfull and beganne every one of the to saye vnto him: is it I master?

²³ He answered and sayde: he yt deppeth his honde wt me in ye disshe the same shall betraye me.

²⁴ The sonne of ma goeth as it is written of him: but wo be to yt ma by whom ye sonne of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good for that man yf he had never bene borne.

²⁵ Then Iudas wich betrayed him answered and sayde: is it I master? He sayde vnto him: thou hast sayde.

²⁶ As they dyd eate Iesus toke breed and gave thankes brake it and gave it to the disciples and sayde: Take eate this is my body.

²⁷ And he toke the cup and thanked and gave it them sayinge: drinke of it every one.

²⁸ For this is my bloude of the new testament that shalbe shedde for many for the remission of synnes.

²⁹ I saye vnto you: I will not drinke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tree vntyll that daye when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome.

³⁰ And when they had sayde grace they went out into mounte olyvete.

³¹ Then sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shall be offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will smyte ye shepe herde and the shepe of ye flocke shalbe scattered abroode.

³² But after I am rysen ageyne I will goo before you into Galile.

³³ Peter answered and sayde vnto him: though all men shulde be offended by ye yet wolde I never be offended.

³⁴ Iesus sayde vnto him. Verely I saye vnto ye that this same night before the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse.

³⁵ Peter sayde vnto him: Yf I shulde dye with ye yet wolde I not denye ye Lyke wyse also sayde all ye disciples.

³⁶ Then went Iesus with them into a place which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples syt ye here whyll I go and praye yonder.

³⁷ And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of zebede and began to wexe sorowfull and to be in an agonye.

³⁸ Then sayd Iesus vnto them: my soule is hevy even vnto the deeth. Tary ye here and watche wt me.

³⁹ And he went a lytell aparte and fell flat on his face and prayed sayinge: O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe from me: neverthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt.

⁴⁰ And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter: what coulde ye not watche with me one houre:

⁴¹ watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge but the flesshe is weake.

⁴² He went awaye once moare and prayed sayinge: O my father yf this cuppe can not passe away from me but yt I drinke of it thy wyll be fulfylled.

⁴³ And he came and founde the a slepe agayne. For their eyes were hevy.

⁴⁴ And he lefte them and went agayne and prayed ye thrid tyme sayinge ye same wordes.

⁴⁵ Then came he to his disciples and sayd vnto them: Slepe hence forth and take youre reest. Take hede the houre is at honde and ye sonne of man shalbe betrayed into ye hondes of synners.

⁴⁶ Ryse let vs be goinge: beholde he is at honde yt shall betraye me.

⁴⁷ Whyll he yet spake: lo Iudas one of ye xii. came and wt him a greate multitude wt sweardes and staves sent from the chefe prestes and elders of the people.

⁴⁸ And he that betrayed him had geven the a token sayinge: whosoever I kysse yt same is he ley hondes on him.

⁴⁹ And forth wt all he came to Iesus and sayde: hayle master and kyssed him.

⁵⁰ And Iesus sayde vnto him: frende wherfore arte thou come? Then came they and layed hondes on Iesus and toke him.

⁵¹ And beholde one of them which were with Iesus stretched oute his honde and drue his swearde and stroke a servaunt of the hye preste and smote of his eare.

⁵² Then sayde Iesus vnto him: put vp thy swearde into his sheathe. For all that ley hond on ye swearde shall perisshe with ye swearde.

⁵³ Ether thinkest thou that I cannot now praye to my father and he shall geve me moo then .xii. legions of angelles?

⁵⁴ But how then shuld the scriptures be fulfylled: for so must it be.

⁵⁵ The same tyme sayd Iesus to the multitude: ye be come out as it were vnto a thefe with sweardes and staves for to take me. I sate daylie teachinge in the temple amoge you and ye toke me not.

⁵⁶ All this was done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfilled.

⁵⁷ Then all the disciples forsoke him and fleed. And they toke Iesus and leed him to Cayphas the hye preeste where the Scribes and the Elders where assembled.

⁵⁸ And Peter folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes place: and went in and sate with the servauntes to se the ende.

⁵⁹ The chefe prestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false witnes agenste Iesus for to put him to deeth

⁶⁰ but founde none: in somoche that when many false witnesses cam yet founde they none. At the last came two false witnesses

⁶¹ and sayd: This felowe sayde: I can distroye the temple of God and bylde it agayne in .iii. dayes.

⁶² And the chefe preste arose and sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it yt these beare witnes ageynst the?

⁶³ But Iesus helde his peace: And the chefe Preeste answered and sayd to him: I charge the in the name of the lyvinge God that thou tell vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God.

⁶⁴ Iesus sayd to him: thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye se the sonne of ma syttinge on the right honde of power and come in the clowddes of the skye.

⁶⁵ Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayinge: He hath blasphemed: what nede we of eny moo witnesses? Behold now ye have hearde his blasphemy:

⁶⁶ what thinke ye? They answered and sayd: he his worthy to dye.

⁶⁷ Then spat they in his face and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes

⁶⁸ on ye face sayinge: tell vs thou Christ who is he that smote the?

⁶⁹ Peter sate with out in the palice. And a damsell came to him sayinge: Thou also waste wt Iesus of Galilee:

⁷⁰ but he denyed before the all sayinge: I woot not what thou sayst.

⁷¹ When he was goone out into the poorche another wenche sawe him and sayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth.

⁷² And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man.

⁷³ And after a whyle came vnto him they yt stode bye and sayde vnto Peter: suerly thou arte even one of the for thy speache bewreyeth ye.

⁷⁴ Then beganne he to course and to sweare that he knewe not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe.

⁷⁵ And Peter remembred the wordes of Iesu which sayde vnto him: before the cocke crowe thou shalt deny me thryse: and went out at the dores and wepte bitterly.