Matthew 26:1-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Plot to Kill Jesus^(A)

26 When Jesus finished saying all these things, he told his disciples, ² “You know that the Passover will take place in two days. At that time the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

³ Then the chief priests and the leaders of the people gathered in the palace of the chief priest Caiaphas. ⁴ They made plans to arrest Jesus in an underhanded way and to kill him. ⁵ But they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there may be a riot among the people.”