As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.