Page 863 - Четворојеванђеље

GOSPELS (863) THE HOLY PASSION
ON THE GREAT AND HOLY THURSDAY
In Liturgy, Gospel According to Matthew, pericope 107:
He said to his disciples, “You know that in two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
Then, the chief priests, the scribes, and the pres- byters of the people were assembled in the court of the high priest who was called Caiaphas. They were taking counsel together in order to take Je- sus by deceit and kill him. But they were saying. “Not during the feast, for fear that the people may cause a riot.” Now when Jesus was in Beth- any, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar containing very expensive fragrant oil, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when his dis- ciple saw this, they were upset and said, “Why this waste? This oil could have been sold for a good amount and given to the poor.” However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good deed