Gen Z: Matthew 26
1So, after Jesus dropped all that wisdom, he turned to his squad and said,
2"Y’all know the Passover feast is in two days, and the Son of Man is about to get betrayed and crucified, no cap."
3Then the top dogs, like the chief priests, scribes, and elders, gathered at Caiaphas’ crib,
4and plotted to snag Jesus sneakily and take him out.
5But they were like, "Not on the feast day, fam, or it’s gonna get wild with the crowd."
6While Jesus was chilling in Bethany at Simon the leper’s place,
7a woman showed up with this super fancy alabaster box of ointment and poured it on his head while he was eating.
8When the disciples peeped this, they were shook, saying, "Why waste all this?"
9"This ointment could’ve been sold for a lot and given to the needy, fr."
10But Jesus caught their vibe and said, "Why y’all stressing the woman? She just did something lit for me."
11You always got the poor around, but me? I'm not always here, no cap.
12She dropped that ointment on my body, and that was for my burial, fr.
13For real, wherever this gospel pops off in the world, what she did will be remembered, periodt.
14Then one of the twelve, Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, sus vibes.
15He was like, "What’s the bag for delivering him to you?" They said thirty pieces of silver, lit.
16From then on, he was low-key looking for a chance to betray him.
17On the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples rolled up to Jesus, asking where to prep for the Passover meal.
18He said, "Go into the city, find this dude, and tell him, 'The Master says my time’s here; I’m having Passover at your crib with my squad.'"
19The disciples did what Jesus told them and got the Passover ready, no cap.
20When evening came, he chilled with the twelve, vibes on point.
21While they were munching, Jesus said, "No cap, one of y'all is gonna betray me."
22They were all super bummed and started asking, "Lord, is it me?"
23He replied, "The one who dips his hand with me in the bowl, that's the snitch."
24The Son of Man is gonna go down like it’s written, but dang, woe to the dude who betrays him! Better if he was never born, fr.
25Then Judas, the one who snitched, was like, "Master, is it me?" Jesus replied, "You said it."
26While they were eating, Jesus grabbed some bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the squad, saying, "Take this, eat; it’s my body."
27He took the cup, gave thanks, and passed it around, saying, "Drink up, all of you."
28"This is my blood of the new covenant, spilled for many to wipe away sins."
29"But I’m telling you, I won’t sip on this fruit of the vine again until that day I drink it fresh with you in my Dad’s kingdom."
30After they vibed out with a hymn, they bounced to the Mount of Olives.
31Jesus was like, "Y'all gonna be shook about me tonight, for real. It’s written that I’ll get wrecked and the squad will scatter, no cap."
32"But after I bounce back, I’ll meet you in Galilee, bet."
33Peter was all, "Even if everyone else dips on you, I got your back, fr."
34Jesus replied, "For real, I’m telling you, before the rooster crows, you’ll deny me three times, periodt."
35Peter was like, "Even if I gotta die with you, I won’t deny you." All the crew said the same.
36Then Jesus rolls up with them to a spot called Gethsemane and tells the squad, "Chill here while I go pray over there."
37He brought Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and started feeling heavy vibes and super down.
38He said to them, "My soul is mega sad, like to the max. Stay here and keep watch with me."
39He went a bit further, fell on his face, and prayed, "Yo, Father, if it’s possible, let this cup slide by me; but not my will, your will, no cap."
40He came back to the squad and found them knocked out, and said to Peter, "What’s good? You couldn’t stay awake with me for one hour?"
41Stay woke and pray, so you don’t fall into temptation: the spirit’s got mad vibes, but the flesh is lowkey weak.
42He dipped again for round two, praying, “Yo Father, if this cup can't pass without me drinking it, then let’s do your thing.”
43He came back and found them knocked out again: they were struggling to keep their eyes open.
44He bounced again and prayed for the third time, saying the same stuff.
45Then he rolled up on his squad and said, “Sleep on, fam, take your rest: the time is here, and the Son of Man is getting betrayed by some sinners.”
46Get up, let’s bounce: the one who’s about to betray me is near.
47While he was still talking, boom, Judas, one of the twelve, showed up with a whole crew, armed with swords and sticks, sent by the big shots and elders.
48The betrayer gave them a sign, saying, “Whoever I kiss, that’s the one: grab him.”
49He went straight to Jesus and said, “What’s up, master,” and then kissed him.
50Jesus asked him, “Yo, friend, why you here?” Then they seized Jesus and took him away.
51So, one of the homies with Jesus pulled out his sword and straight-up chopped a dude's ear off. Savage move.
52Jesus was like, "Chill with the sword, fam. If you live by it, you die by it. No cap."
53He asked, "You think I can't just hit up my Dad and get like twelve legions of angels right now? Fr."
54But then he's like, "How else are the scriptures gonna pop off if this doesn’t go down?"
55Jesus told the crowd, "Y'all rollin' up like I'm some thief with swords? I was vibing with you in the temple, and nobody tried to catch me."
56But all this went down to make sure the prophets' words hit different. Then all the disciples dipped out.
57They grabbed Jesus and took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where all the scribes and elders were chilling.
58But Peter was lowkey following from a distance, sneaking into the high priest’s crib to see how it all shook out.
59The chief priests, elders, and the whole squad were looking for some fake witnesses against Jesus to get him canceled.
60But they couldn't find anyone, even though a bunch of sus witnesses showed up. Finally, two shady witnesses came through.
61This dude said he could wreck God's temple and rebuild it in three days. No cap, that's wild.
62The high priest stood up and was like, "You not gonna say anything? What’s the tea against you?"
63But Jesus kept it chill. The high priest was like, "I swear by the living God, tell us if you’re the Christ, the Son of God."
64Jesus was like, "You said it. But listen up, you’ll see the Son of Man vibing at the right hand of power, coming in the clouds."
65The high priest ripped his clothes and was like, "He just dissed God; we don’t need more witnesses. You heard him, fr."
66They were like, "What’s your take? He’s totally guilty of death."
67Then they spat in his face and hit him; others were smacking him with their hands, so savage.
68They were saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who just hit you?"
69Meanwhile, Peter was chilling outside the palace, and a girl came up and said, "You were with Jesus from Galilee, right?"
70But he was like, "I don’t know what you’re talking about," straight up denying it.
71So, when he dipped onto the porch, another girl spotted him and was like, "Yo, this dude was rolling with Jesus of Nazareth."
72He straight-up denied it, swearing, "Nah, I don’t know that guy."
73After a minute, some peeps came up and said to Peter, "For real, you’re one of them; your vibe gives it away."
74Then he started cursing and swearing, saying, "I don’t know the dude." And right then, the rooster crowed.
75Peter remembered what Jesus said, "Before the rooster crows, you’ll deny me three times." He bounced out and cried hard.