Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
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- KJV Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
- BSB Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
- NKJV Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it. ” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
- NASB Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
- NLT Jesus responded, “It is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the bowl.” And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.
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- Matt 26:23He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
- John 13:30Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.
- Mark 14:19–20They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?”
- Luke 22:21But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.
- John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
- John 12:4–6Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
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