Matthew 26:1-5

Contemporary English Version

The Plot To Kill Jesus

(Mark 14.1,2; Luke 22.1,2; John 11.45-53)

26 When Jesus had finished teaching, he told his disciples, ^2 (A) “You know two days from now will be Passover. This is when the Son of Man will be handed over to his enemies and nailed to a cross.”

³ At that time the chief priests and the nation's leaders were meeting at the home of Caiaphas the high priest. ⁴ They planned how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death. ⁵ But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”