Study Desk

Jesus was in the town of Bethany eating in the house of Simon. Simon was a man with a very bad skin disease. A woman came with a jar of special perfume. She had given much money for this. She broke the jar and poured the special perfume on the head of Jesus.

This perfume could have been sold for much money and given to poor people." They spoke against her.

You will have poor people with you all the time. Whenever you want, you can do something good for them. You will not have Me all the time.

She did what she could. She put this perfume on My body to make Me ready for the grave.

For sure, I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in all the world, this woman will be remembered for what she has done."

When the leaders heard it, they were glad. They promised to give Judas money. Then he looked for a way to hand Jesus over.

The first day of the supper of bread without yeast was the day to kill an animal. It was for the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt. His followers said to Jesus, "What place do You want us to make ready for You to eat this special supper?"

He will go into a house. You say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, "Where is the room you keep for friends, where I can eat this special supper with My followers?"'

He will take you to a large room on the second floor with everything in it. Make it ready for us."

The followers went from there and came into the city. They found everything as Jesus had said. They made things ready for the special supper.

They sat at the table and ate. Jesus said, "For sure, I tell you, one of you will hand Me over to be killed. He is eating with Me."

The Son of Man is going away as it is written of Him. But it will be bad for that man who hands the Son of Man over to be killed! It would have been better if he had not been born!"

He said to them, "This is My blood of the New Way of Worship which is given for many.

For sure, I tell you, that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the holy nation of God."

Jesus said to them, "All of you will be ashamed of Me and leave Me tonight. For it is written, ‘I will kill the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will spread everywhere.'

Jesus said to him, "For sure, I tell you, that today, even tonight, before a rooster crows two times, you will say three times you do not know Me."

The man who was going to hand Jesus over gave the men something to look for. He said, "The Man I kiss is the One. Take hold of Him and take Him away."

The religious leaders and all the court were looking for something against Jesus. They wanted to find something so they could kill Him. But they could find nothing.

He lied again saying that he did not know Jesus. Later, those who stood around said to Peter again, "For sure you are one of them. You are from the country of Galilee. You talk like they do."

Each year at the special supper Pilate would let one person who was in prison go free. It would be the one the people asked for.