Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
John 13:21-35
After he had said this,
Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you
is going to betray me.”
His disciples stared at
one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple
whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this
disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
Leaning back against
Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
Jesus answered, “It is
the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the
dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon
Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What
you are about to do, do quickly.” But no one at the meal understood why Jesus
said this to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was
telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the
poor. As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.
When he was gone, Jesus
said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is
glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at
once.
“My children, I will be
with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the
Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
“A new command I give
you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By
this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.