Matthew 26:1-5

New International Reader's Version

The Plan to Kill Jesus

26 Jesus finished saying all these things. Then he said to his disciples, ² “As you know, the Passover Feast is two days away. The Son of Man will be handed over to be nailed to a cross.”

³ Then the chief priests met with the elders of the people. They met in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest. ⁴ They made plans to arrest Jesus secretly. They wanted to kill him. ⁵ “But not during the feast,” they said. “The people may stir up trouble.”