4. Kepha uJuda Iskariyothe, omunye wabafundi bakhe obezakumkhaphela, wathi:
5. “Yini ukuba lawa mafutha engathengiswanga ngawodenariyu* abangamakhulu amathathu, kwaphiwa abampofu, na?”
6. Washo lokho kungengokuba ekhathalele abampofu, kepha ngokuba eyisela, ephethe isikhwama, eba okufakwa kuso.
7. Ngakho uJesu wathi: “Myeke ukuba awalondolozele usuku lokumbelwa kwami.
8. Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.”
9. Ngakho isixuku esikhulu sabaJuda sezwa ukuthi ulapho. Beza-ke kungengenxa kaJesu kuphela, kepha nokuba babone uLazaru abemvusile kwabafileyo.
10. Kepha abapristi abakhulu benza icebo lokuba babulale noLazaru,