Matthew 26:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The Son of Man is going just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better (more profitable and wholesome) for that man if he had never been born! [Ps. 41:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.

Common English Bible

²⁴ The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed: it were better for him, if that man had not been born.

Matthew 26:24 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Psalm 55:15

Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol, for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Daniel 9:26

After the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing, and the troops of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things are bound to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:54

But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

Mark 14:21

For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”

Mark 9:12

He said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt?

Luke 22:22

For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!”

Luke 24:46

and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day

John 17:12

While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 19:24

So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it but cast lots for it to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill what the scripture says, “They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.”

John 19:28

After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.”

Acts 2:23

this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.

Acts 28:23

After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

Acts 4:28

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures