3. Khona kwabuthana abapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe egcekeni lompristi omkhulu othiwa uKayafase.
4. Bacebisana ukuba bambambe uJesu ngobuqili, bambulale.
5. Kepha bathi: “Makungabi ngomkhosi, funa kube khona isiyaluyalu esizweni.”
6. Kuthe uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko,
7. kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma we-alabaste* wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.
8. Kepha abafundi bakhe bebona lokho bathukuthela, bathi: “Kwenzelwani lokho kuchitha na?
9. Ngokuba lokho nga kuthengisiwe ngokukhulu, kwaphiwa abampofu.”
10. Kepha uJesu ekwazi lokho wathi kubo: “Nimhluphelani owesifazane na? Ngokuba usebenzile umsebenzi omuhle kimi;
11. ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.
12. Ngokuba lapho ethela lawo mafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele ukungilungisela ukumbelwa.
13. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho liyakushunyayelwa khona leli vangeli ezweni lonke, kuyakukhulunywa nangalokho akwenzileyo, kube yisikhumbuzo ngaye.”
14. Khona kwasuka omunye wabayishumi nambili othiwa uJuda Iskariyothe, waya kubapristi abakhulu,
15. wathi: “Niyakunginikani, ngimkhaphele kini, na?” Base bemnika izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu.
16. Kusukela lapho wafuna ithuba lokumkhaphela.
17. Kepha ngosuku lokuqala lwesinkwa esingenamvubelo abafundi beza kuJesu, bathi: “Uthanda ukuba sikulungiselephi ukuba udle iphasika na?”
18. Wathi: “Hambani niye emzini kumuntu othile, nithi kuye: ‘Uthi uMfundisi: Isikhathi sami siseduze; ngizakwenza iphasika kwakho kanye nabafundi bami.’ ”
19. Abafundi benza-ke njengokuba uJesu ebayalile; balungisa iphasika.