The Life of Jesus

`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did it .

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these, the least, ye did it not to me.

And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

`Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.'

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him ,

and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

And having seen it , his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose is this waste?

for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

for she having put this ointment on my body--for my burial she did it .

Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of--for a memorial of her.'

Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,

`What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,