The Betrayer. ²⁰ When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. ²¹ And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”^{[a] 22} Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” ²³ He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. ^24 [b](A)The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”

The Betrayal Foretold. ²¹ “And yet behold, the hand of the one who is to betray me is with me on the table; ²² for the Son of Man indeed goes as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed.” ²³ And they began to debate among themselves who among them would do such a deed.

The Role of the Disciples.^(A)

²¹ When he had said this, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” ²² The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. ²³ One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,^[a] was reclining at Jesus’ side.^{(A) 24} So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. ²⁵ He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?”^{(B) 26} Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel^[b] after I have dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and [took it and] handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot.