Matthew 26:24

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will, but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”

Cross References

Luke 24:46

and said to them, “This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later,

Matthew 18:7

How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen—but how terrible for the one who causes them!

1 Corinthians 15:3

I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

Luke 22:22

The Son of Man will die as God has decided, but how terrible for that man who betrays him!”

Mark 14:21

The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will; but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”

Matthew 26:54

But in that case, how could the Scriptures come true which say that this is what must happen?”

Daniel 9:26

And at the end of that time God's chosen leader will be killed unjustly. The city and the Temple will be destroyed by the invading army of a powerful ruler. The end will come like a flood, bringing the war and destruction which God has prepared.

Mark 9:12

His answer was, “Elijah is indeed coming first in order to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected?

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened in order to make come true what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

Psalm 55:15

May my enemies die before their time; may they go down alive into the world of the dead! Evil is in their homes and in their hearts.

Acts 28:23

So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.

Acts 4:28

They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.

Acts 2:23

In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.

John 19:28

Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, “I am thirsty.”

John 19:24

The soldiers said to one another, “Let's not tear it; let's throw dice to see who will get it.” This happened in order to make the scripture come true: “They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my robe.” And this is what the soldiers did.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel.”

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night all of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’