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Matthew 26:21
Matthew 26:21 is verse 21 of Matthew chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
King James Version
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
World English Bible
As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
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Matthew 26:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.
21 And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
22 They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
23 Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
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Cross-references
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Matthew 26:2“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
Matthew 26:14Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
Matthew 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:16So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Psalms 55:13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
Psalms 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
John 6:71He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
John 13:21After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.