The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 It^(A) was two days before the Passover^(B) and the Festival^(C) of Unleavened Bread.^(D) The chief priests and the scribes^(E) were looking for a cunning^(F) way to arrest Jesus and kill him.^{(G) 2} “Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

¹⁰ Then^(A) Judas Iscariot,^(B) one of the Twelve,^(C) went to the chief priests^(D) to betray Jesus^(E) to them. ¹¹ And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money.^(F) So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray^(G) him.