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title: "Matthew 26 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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description: "The Jews conspire against Christ. He is anointed by Mary. The treason of Judas.… Matthew 26 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Matthew 26

Matthew 26 is chapter 26 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 75 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The Jews conspire against Christ. He is anointed by Mary. The treason of Judas. The last supper. The prayer in the garden. The apprehension of our Lord. His treatment in the house of Caiphas.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 26 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And it happened that, when Jesus had completed all these words, he said to his disciples,
2. “You know that after two days the Passover will begin, and the Son of man will be handed over to be crucified.”
3. Then the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
4. And they took counsel so that by deceitfulness they might take hold of Jesus and kill him.
5. But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”
6. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. a woman drew near to him, holding an alabaster box of precious ointment, and she poured it over his head while he was reclining at table.
8. But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: “What is the purpose of this waste?
9. For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor.”
10. But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: “Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a good deed to me.
11. For the poor you will always have with you. But you will not always have me.
12. For in pouring this ointment on my body, she has prepared for my burial.
13. Amen I say to you, wherever this Gospel will be preached in the whole world, what she has done also shall be told, in memory of her.”
14. Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the leaders of the priests,
15. and he said to them, “What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?” So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.
16. And from then on, he sought an opportunity to betray him.
17. Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
18. So Jesus said, “Go into the city, to a certain one, and say to him: ‘The Teacher said: My time is near. I am observing the Passover with you, along with my disciples.’”
19. And the disciples did just as Jesus appointed to them. And they prepared the Passover.
20. Then, when evening arrived, he sat at table with his twelve disciples.
21. And while they were eating, he said: “Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.”
22. And being greatly saddened, each one of them began to say, “Surely, it is not I, Lord?”
23. But he responded by saying: “He who dips his hand with me into the dish, the same will betray me.
24. Indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
25. Then Judas, who betrayed him, responded by saying, “Surely, it is not I, Master?” He said to him, “You have said it.”
26. Now while they were eating the meal, Jesus took bread, and he blessed and broke and gave it to his disciples, and he said: “Take and eat. This is my body.”
27. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks. And he gave it to them, saying: “Drink from this, all of you.
28. For this is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many as a remission of sins.
29. But I say to you, I will not drink again from this fruit of the vine, until that day when I will drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.”
30. And after a hymn was sung, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31. Then Jesus said to them: “You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32. But after I have risen again, I will go before you to Galilee.”
33. Then Peter responded by saying to him, “Even if everyone else has fallen away from you, I will never fall away.”
34. Jesus said to him, “Amen I say to you, that in this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
35. Peter said to him, “Even if it is necessary for me to die with you, I will not deny you.” And all the disciples spoke similarly.
36. Then Jesus went with them to a garden, which is called Gethsemani. And he said to his disciples, “Sit down here, while I go there and pray.”
37. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and saddened.
38. Then he said to them: “My soul is sorrowful, even unto death. Stay here and keep vigil with me.”
39. And continuing on a little further, he fell prostrate on his face, praying and saying: “My Father, if it is possible, let this chalice pass away from me. Yet truly, let it not be as I will, but as you will.”
40. And he approached his disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter: “So, were you not able to keep vigil with me for one hour?
41. Be vigilant and pray, so that you may not enter into temptation. Indeed, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42. Again, a second time, he went and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this chalice cannot pass away, unless I drink it, let your will be done.”
43. And again, he went and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44. And leaving them behind, again he went and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
45. Then he approached his disciples and said to them: “Sleep now and rest. Behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of man will be delivered into the hands of sinners.
46. Rise up; let us go. Behold, he who will betray me draws near.”
47. While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived, and with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, sent from the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people.
48. And he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: “Whomever I will kiss, it is he. Take hold of him.”
49. And quickly drawing close to Jesus, he said, “Hail, Master.” And he kissed him.
50. And Jesus said to him, “Friend, for what purpose have you come?” Then they approached, and they put their hands on Jesus, and they held him.
51. And behold, one of those who were with Jesus, extending his hand, drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
52. Then Jesus said to him: “Put your sword back in its place. For all who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
53. Or do you think that I cannot ask my Father, so that he would give me, even now, more than twelve legions of Angels?
54. How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must be so?”
55. In that same hour, Jesus said to the crowds: “You went out, as if to a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me. Yet I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not take hold of me.
56. But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning him.
57. But those who were holding Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had joined together.
58. Then Peter followed him from a distance, as far as the court of the high priest. And going inside, he sat down with the servants, so that he might see the end.
59. Then the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.
60. And they did not find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. Then, at the very end, two false witnesses came forward,
61. and they said, “This man said: ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and, after three days, to rebuild it.’”
62. And the high priest, rising up, said to him, “Have you nothing to respond to what these ones testify against you?”
63. But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, “I bind you by an oath to the living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
64. Jesus said to him: “You have said it. Yet truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65. Then the high priest tore his garments, saying: “He has blasphemed. Why do we still need witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy.
66. How does it seem to you?” So they responded by saying, “He is guilty unto death.”
67. Then they spit in his face, and they struck him with fists. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands,
68. saying: “Prophesy for us, O Christ. Who is the one that struck you?”
69. Yet truly, Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a maidservant approached him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
70. But he denied it in the sight of them all, saying, “I do not know what you are saying.”
71. Then, as he exited by the gate, another maidservant saw him. And she said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72. And again, he denied it with an oath, “For I do not know the man.”
73. And after a little while, those who were standing nearby came and said to Peter: “Truly, you also are one of them. For even your manner of speaking reveals you.”
74. Then he began to curse and to swear that he had not known the man. And immediately the rooster crowed.
75. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which he had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And going outside, he wept bitterly.

## Matthew 26 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et factum est: cum consummasset Jesus sermones hos omnes, dixit discipulis suis:
2. Scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet, et Filius hominis tradetur ut crucifigatur.
3. Tunc congregati sunt principes sacerdotum, et seniores populi, in atrium principis sacerdotum, qui dicebatur Caiphas:
4. et consilium fecerunt ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent.
5. Dicebant autem: Non in die festo, ne forte tumultus fieret in populo.
6. Cum autem Jesus esset in Bethania in domo Simonis leprosi,
7. accessit ad eum mulier habens alabastrum unguenti pretiosi, et effudit super caput ipsius recumbentis.
8. Videntes autem discipuli, indignati sunt, dicentes: Ut quid perditio hæc?
9. potuit enim istud venundari multo, et dari pauperibus.
10. Sciens autem Jesus, ait illis: Quid molesti estis huic mulieri? opus enim bonum operata est in me.
11. Nam semper pauperes habetis vobiscum: me autem non semper habetis.
12. Mittens enim hæc unguentum hoc in corpus meum, ad sepeliendum me fecit.
13. Amen dico vobis, ubicumque prædicatum fuerit hoc Evangelium in toto mundo, dicetur et quod hæc fecit in memoriam ejus.
14. Tunc abiit unus de duodecim, qui dicebatur Judas Iscariotes, ad principes sacerdotum:
15. et ait illis: Quid vultis mihi dare, et ego vobis eum tradam? At illi constituerunt ei triginta argenteos.
16. Et exinde quærebat opportunitatem ut eum traderet.
17. Prima autem die azymorum accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum, dicentes: Ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha?
18. At Jesus dixit: Ite in civitatem ad quemdam, et dicite ei: Magister dicit: Tempus meum prope est, apud te facio Pascha cum discipulis meis.
19. Et fecerunt discipuli sicut constituit illis Jesus, et paraverunt Pascha.
20. Vespere autem facto, discumbebat cum duodecim discipulis suis.
21. Et edentibus illis, dixit: Amen dico vobis, quia unus vestrum me traditurus est.
22. Et contristati valde, cœperunt singuli dicere: Numquid ego sum Domine?
23. At ipse respondens, ait: Qui intingit mecum manum in paropside, hic me tradet.
24. Filius quidem hominis vadit, sicut scriptum est de illo: væ autem homini illi, per quem Filius hominis tradetur! bonum erat ei, si natus non fuisset homo ille.
25. Respondens autem Judas, qui tradidit eum, dixit: Numquid ego sum Rabbi? Ait illi: Tu dixisti.
26. Cœnantibus autem eis, accepit Jesus panem, et benedixit, ac fregit, deditque discipulis suis, et ait: Accipite, et comedite: hoc est corpus meum.
27. Et accipiens calicem, gratias egit: et dedit illis, dicens: Bibite ex hoc omnes.
28. Hic est enim sanguis meus novi testamenti, qui pro multis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum.
29. Dico autem vobis: non bibam amodo de hoc genimine vitis usque in diem illum, cum illud bibam vobiscum novum in regno Patris mei.
30. Et hymno dicto, exierunt in montem Oliveti.
31. Tunc dicit illis Jesus: Omnes vos scandalum patiemini in me in ista nocte. Scriptum est enim: Percutiam pastorem, et dispergentur oves gregis.
32. Postquam autem resurrexero, præcedam vos in Galilæam.
33. Respondens autem Petrus, ait illi: Et si omnes scandalizati fuerint in te, ego numquam scandalizabor.
34. Ait illi Jesus: Amen dico tibi, quia in hac nocte, antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis.
35. Ait illi Petrus: Etiamsi oportuerit me mori tecum, non te negabo. Similiter et omnes discipuli dixerunt.
36. Tunc venit Jesus cum illis in villam, quæ dicitur Gethsemani, et dixit discipulis suis: Sedete hic donec vadam illuc, et orem.
37. Et assumpto Petro, et duobus filiis Zebedæi, cœpit contristari et mœstus esse.
38. Tunc ait illis: Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem: sustinete hic, et vigilate mecum.
39. Et progressus pusillum, procidit in faciem suam, orans, et dicens: Pater mi, si possibile est, transeat a me calix iste: verumtamen non sicut ego volo, sed sicut tu.
40. Et venit ad discipulos suos, et invenit eos dormientes, et dicit Petro: Sic non potuistis una hora vigilare mecum?
41. Vigilate, et orate ut non intretis in tentationem. Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma.
42. Iterum secundo abiit, et oravit, dicens: Pater mi, si non potest hic calix transire nisi bibam illum, fiat voluntas tua.
43. Et venit iterum, et invenit eos dormientes: erant enim oculi eorum gravati.
44. Et relictis illis, iterum abiit, et oravit tertio, eumdem sermonem dicens.
45. Tunc venit ad discipulos suos, et dicit illis: Dormite jam, et requiescite: ecce appropinquavit hora, et Filius hominis tradetur in manus peccatorum.
46. Surgite, eamus: ecce appropinquavit qui me tradet.
47. Adhuc eo loquente, ecce Judas unus de duodecim venit, et cum eo turba multa cum gladiis et fustibus, missi a principibus sacerdotum, et senioribus populi.
48. Qui autem tradidit eum, dedit illis signum, dicens: Quemcumque osculatus fuero, ipse est, tenete eum.
49. Et confestim accedens ad Jesum, dixit: Ave Rabbi. Et osculatus est eum.
50. Dixitque illi Jesus: Amice, ad quid venisti? Tunc accesserunt, et manus injecerunt in Jesum, et tenuerunt eum.
51. Et ecce unus ex his qui erant cum Jesu, extendens manum, exemit gladium suum, et percutiens servum principis sacerdotum amputavit auriculam ejus.
52. Tunc ait illi Jesus: Converte gladium tuum in locum suum: omnes enim, qui acceperint gladium, gladio peribunt.
53. An putas, quia non possum rogare patrem meum, et exhibebit mihi modo plusquam duodecim legiones angelorum?
54. Quomodo ergo implebuntur Scripturæ, quia sic oportet fieri?
55. In illa hora dixit Jesus turbis: Tamquam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et fustibus comprehendere me: quotidie apud vos sedebam docens in templo, et non me tenuistis.
56. Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimplerentur Scripturæ prophetarum. Tunc discipuli omnes, relicto eo, fugerunt.
57. At illi tenentes Jesum, duxerunt ad Caipham principem sacerdotum, ubi scribæ et seniores convenerant.
58. Petrus autem sequebatur eum a longe, usque in atrium principis sacerdotum. Et ingressus intro, sedebat cum ministris, ut videret finem.
59. Principes autem sacerdotum, et omne concilium, quærebant falsum testimonium contra Jesum, ut eum morti traderent:
60. et non invenerunt, cum multi falsi testes accessissent. Novissime autem venerunt duo falsi testes,
61. et dixerunt: Hic dixit: Possum destruere templum Dei, et post triduum reædificare illud.
62. Et surgens princeps sacerdotum, ait illi: Nihil respondes ad ea, quæ isti adversum te testificantur?
63. Jesus autem tacebat. Et princeps sacerdotum ait illi: Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus Filius Dei.
64. Dicit illi Jesus: Tu dixisti. Verumtamen dico vobis, amodo videbitis Filium hominis sedentem a dextris virtutis Dei, et venientem in nubibus cæli.
65. Tunc princeps sacerdotum scidit vestimenta sua, dicens: Blasphemavit: quid adhuc egemus testibus? ecce nunc audistis blasphemiam:
66. quid vobis videtur? At illi respondentes dixerunt: Reus est mortis.
67. Tunc exspuerunt in faciem ejus, et colaphis eum ceciderunt, alii autem palmas in faciem ejus dederunt,
68. dicentes: Prophetiza nobis Christe, quis est qui te percussit?
69. Petrus vero sedebat foris in atrio: et accessit ad eum una ancilla, dicens: Et tu cum Jesu Galilæo eras.
70. At ille negavit coram omnibus, dicens: Nescio quid dicis.
71. Exeunte autem illo januam, vidit eum alia ancilla, et ait his qui erant ibi: Et hic erat cum Jesu Nazareno.
72. Et iterum negavit cum juramento: Quia non novi hominem.
73. Et post pusillum accesserunt qui stabant, et dixerunt Petro: Vere et tu ex illis es: nam et loquela tua manifestum te facit.
74. Tunc cœpit detestari et jurare quia non novisset hominem. Et continuo gallus cantavit.
75. Et recordatus est Petrus verbi Jesu, quod dixerat: Priusquam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Et egressus foras, flevit amare.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 2846: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1339: The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 610: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1328: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1329: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1376: The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 545: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 610: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 613: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1365: The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1846: Mercy and Sin ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2839: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1403: The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory To Come" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 764: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2849: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 363: Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 612: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 536: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2719: Contemplative Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2733: Humble Vigilance of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 612: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2262: Respect for Human Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 609: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 600: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 591: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 443: The Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 596: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “The Word of Christ made out of nothing what was not; can it not change the things that are into what they were not?” — St. Ambrose, On the Mysteries, 9, c. 390 (On this verse: verse 26)
- “Our entire perfection consists in loving God, and the perfection of love consists in uniting our will with that of God.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will, 1755 (On this theme: verse 39)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 11: Viz., in a visible manner, as when conversant here on earth; and as we have the poor, whom we may daily assist and relieve.
- Verse 17: Feast of the unleavened bread.
- Verse 17: The paschal lamb.
- Verse 26: “This is my body” … He does not say, This is the figure of my body, but This is my body. (2 Council of Nice, Act. 6.) Neither does he say in this, or with this is my body; but absolutely, This is my body: which plainly implies transubstantiation.
- Verse 27: This was spoken to the twelve apostles; who were the all then present; and they all drank of it, says St. Mark 14. 23. But it no ways follows from these words spoken to the apostles, that all the faithful are here commanded to drink of the chalice; any more than that all the faithful are commanded to consecrate, offer and administer this sacrament; because Christ upon this same occasion, and at the same time, bid the apostles do so; in these words, St. Luke 22. 19, Do this for a commemoration of me.
- Verse 28: As the old testament was dedicated with the blood of victims, by Moses, in these words: This is the blood of the testament, etc., Heb. 9. 20; so here is the dedication and institution of the new testament, in the blood of Christ, here mystically shed by these words: This is the blood of the new testament, etc.
- Verse 29: “Fruit of the vine” … These words, by the account of St. Luke 26: 22. 18, were not spoken of the sacramental cup, but of the wine that was drunk with the paschal lamb. Though the sacramental cup might also be called the fruit of the vine, because it was consecrated from wine, and retains the likeness, and all the accidents or qualities of wine.
- Verse 31: Forasmuch as my being apprehended shall make you all run away and forsake me.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Mar 24, 2027: Wednesday of Holy Week — Gospel, Matthew 26:14-25
- Wed, Apr 12, 2028 (computed): Wednesday of Holy Week — Gospel, Matthew 26:14-25

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).