Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Matthew 26:15-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

15. and asked, “How much will you give me if I help you arrest Jesus?” They paid Judas thirty silver coins,

16. and from then on he started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.

17. On the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, Jesus' disciples came to him and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?”

18. Jesus told them to go to a certain man in the city and tell him, “Our teacher says, ‘My time has come! I want to eat the Passover meal with my disciples in your home.’ ”

19. They did as Jesus told them and prepared the meal.

20-21. When Jesus was eating with his twelve disciples that evening, he said, “One of you will hand me over to my enemies.”

22. The disciples were very sad, and each one said to Jesus, “Lord, you can't mean me!”