earth: lo, thou hast here that which is thine :

26 and his lord answered and said to him, Thou wicked and idle servant, knewest thou that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not strawed?

27 thou oughtest, therefore, to have put out my money to the exchangers, and at my coming I should have received my own with interest:

28 take from him, therefore, the talent, and give it to him who hath the ten talents:

29 for, to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound but, from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away:

30 and cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outward darkness there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

31 And so, when the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his glory:

32 and all nations will be gathered before him; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:

33 and he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

34 Then will the king say to them on his right hand, Come,

37 Then will the just answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee to drink?

38 when saw we thee a stranger, and brought thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? 40 and the King will answer and say to them, Verily I tell you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it

to me.

41 Then will he say also to them on his left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 for I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink:

43 I was a stranger and ye brought me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and

in prison, and ye visited me

not.

44 Then will they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

45 then will he answer them,

saying, Verily I tell you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it

not to me:

46 and these shall go away to eternal punishment: but the just to life eternal.

CHAPTER XXVI.

AND it came to pass, when

Jesus had ended all these words, that he said to his disciples,

2 Ye know, that after two days is the passover, when the Son of man is delivered to be crucified.

3 Then the chief priests, and the elders of the people, assembled at the court of the high priest, called Caiaphas : 4 and they consulted, that they might take Jesus by craft, and kill him:

5 but they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be a tumult among the people.

6 (Now, whilst Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman having an ala

baster box of very precious ointment, came to him, and poured it all on his head, as he sat at table:

8 but when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what purpose is this waste?

9 for this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10 But Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath done a good deed towards me:

11 for ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always:

12 for, in pouring this ointment on my body, she hath done it towards my burial:

13 verily I tell you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also, that she hath done, shall be told for a memorial of her.

14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas, the Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

15 and said, What will ye give me, that I should deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver:

16 and from that time he sought an opportunity to betray him.)

thee to eat the passover?

18 and he said, Go into the city, to such an one, and say to him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples:

19 and the disciples did as Jesus had enjoined them; and they prepared the passover.

20 And when evening was come, he sat down with the twelve:

21 and while they eat, he said, Verily I tell you, that one of you will betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one to say to him, Lord, is it I?

23 and he answered and said, He who dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me:

24 the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but, wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been well for that man if he had not been born:

25 and Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said to him, Thou hast said.

26 And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it; and giving it to the disciples, he said, Take, eat; this is my body:

27 and taking a cup, and

John, xvi. 32.

31 Then Jesus saith to them, Ye will all be made to doubt of me, this night: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, Zech. xiii. 7. "and the sheep of the flock "shall be scattered abroad:" 32 but after I am risen, I will c. xxviii. 7. go before you into Galilee.

33 Peter answered and said to him, Though all be made to doubt of thee, I will never be made to doubt:

34 Jesus said to him, Verily I tell thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice:

35 Peter said to him, Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee: so likewise said all the disciples.

36 Then Jesus cometh with them to a place called Gethsemane; and saith to the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder:

37 and he took with him

Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy:

38 then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: remain ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed; saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 40 And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Could ye not, then, watch with me one hour?

41 watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 Again he went away, a second time, and prayed; saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, unless I drink it, thy will be done!

43 and when he came again, he found them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third time; saying again the same words.

45 Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them, Sleep afterward, and take your rest; behold, the hour is at hand when the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of

sinners:

46 arise, let us go forward: John, xviii. 4. behold, he who betrayeth me is at hand.

47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people :

48 and he who betrayed him. had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, is he; hold him fast:

49 and going up straightway to Jesus, he said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

50 And Jesus said to him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? then they came up, and laid hold on Jesus, and took him.

51 And, behold, one of those who were with Jesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear:

52 then said Jesus to him, Put back thy sword into its place; for all who take the sword, shall perish by the sword:

53 thinkest thou, that I cannot call to my Father, and he will now send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 but, how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

55 At the same time Jesus said to the multitudes, Are ye

come out as against a thief, with swords and staves, to take me? I sat daily in the temple, teaching, and ye laid not hold on me:

56 but all this is done, that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled: then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled:

58 but Peter followed him, at a distance, to the high priest's court; and went in, and sat down with the attendants, to see the end.

59 And the chief priests, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

60 and found none, though many false witnesses came forward.

61 But at last came two, who said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it within three days:

62 and the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing to that which these testify against thee? but Jesus was silent:

63 and the high priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou art the Christ, the Son of God:

64 Jesus saith to him, Thou Mark, xiv. 62 hast said: moreover, I now tell you all, Ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy; what think ye? 66 and they answered and said, He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists, and others with the palms of their hands,

68 saying, Tell us, thou Christ, Which is he that struck thee? 69 But Peter was sitting without, in the court: and a maid came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee :

70 and he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest:

71 and as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth:

72 and he denied again with an oath, saying, I know not the man:

73 and after a little while, they that stood by came to Peter and said, Thou also art surely one of them; for thy speech betrayeth thee:

74 then he began to curse