In those days,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot,
\nwent to the chief priests
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and said to them:
\n\"What do you want to give me?
\nif I give it to you?\"
\nThey gave him thirty pieces of silver.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And since then, Judas has been looking for a favourable opportunity
\nto deliver it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
\nthe disciples came and said to Jesus:
\n\"Where do you want us to make the preparations?
\nto eat Passover?\"
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He said to them:
\n\"Go to the city, to so-and-so's house,
\nand say to him:
\n\"The Master makes you say:
\nMy time is near;
\nI want to celebrate Passover with you
\nwith my disciples.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The disciples did as Jesus had instructed them
\nand they prepared the Passover.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the evening,
\nJesus was at table with the Twelve.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During the meal, he said:
\n\"Amen, I say to you:
\none of you is going to hand me over.\"
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deeply saddened,
\nthey began to ask him in turn:
\n\"Could it be me, Lord?\"
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speaking, he said:
\n\"The one who helped himself to the dish at the same time as me,
\nthis one's going to hand me over.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Son of Man is leaving,
\nas it says about him;
\nbut the unfortunate one
\nby whom the Son of Man is delivered up!
\nIt would be better for him if he had never been born,
\nthat man!\"
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judas, the one who betrayed him,
\nspoke up:
\n\"Rabbi, could it be me?
\nJesus replied:
\n\"You said it yourself!\"<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mt 26, 14-25<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At that time, one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said to them, \"What will you give me if I hand him over to you? They gave him thirty pieces of silver. Since then Judas has been looking for a favourable opportunity to betray him. On the first day of the Feast of the Loaves ... <\/p>\n