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¹WHEN Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, ²You know after 2 days the passover will be, and the Son of man will be betrayed to be crucified. ³Then the high priests, the scribes and the elders of the people assembled in the court yard of the high priest, who is called Caiaphas. ⁴And they took counsel concerning Jesus, to arrest him by a snare and kill him. ⁵And they said, Not on the feast day, so as not to cause a riot among the people. ⁶And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the potter, ⁷A woman came up to him with an alabaster vessel of precious perfume, and she poured it on the head of Jesus, while he was reclining. ⁸When his disciples saw it, they were displeased, and said, Why this loss? ⁹This possibly could have been sold for a great deal, and given to the poor. ¹⁰But Jesus understood it and said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? She has done a good work to me. ¹¹For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. ¹²But this one who poured the perfume on my body, did it for my burial. ¹³Truly I say to you, Wherever my gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her. ¹⁴Then 1 of the 12, called Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests; ¹⁵And said to them, What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they promised him 30 pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from that time he sought an opportunity to betray him.

¹⁷On the 1st day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said to him, Where do you wish that we may prepare the passover for you to eat? ¹⁸And he said to them, Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, Our Master says, My time has come, I will observe the passover with my disciples at your house. ¹⁹And his disciples did as Jesus had commanded them and they prepared the passover. ²⁰And when it was evening, he was reclining with his 12 disciples. ²¹And while they were eating he said, Truly I say to you, that 1 of you will betray me. ²²And they felt very sad, and began to say to him 1 by 1, Is it I, my Lord? ²³And he answered and said, He who dips his hand with me in the dish, will betray me. ²⁴The Son of man goes, just as it is written concerning him; but woe to the man by whose hand the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been far better for that man never to have been born. ²⁵Then Judas the traitor answered and said, Master, perhaps it is I? Jesus said to him, You have said. ²⁶While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. ²⁷Then he took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them and said, Take, drink it, all of you. ²⁸This is my blood of the new contract which is shed for many for the remission of sins. ²⁹But I say to you, from now on I will not drink from this fruit of the vine, until the day when I drink it anew with you in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And they offered praise, and went out to the Mount of Olives. ³¹Then Jesus said to them, All of you will deny me this night; for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be scattered. ³²But after I am risen, I will be in Galilee before you. ³³Peter answered and said to him, Even if every man should deny you, I will never deny you. ³⁴Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, that this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me 3 times. ³⁵Peter said to him, Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you. All the disciples said likewise.

³⁶Then Jesus came with them to a place which is called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, Sit down here, while I go pray. ³⁷And he took Peter and the 2 sons of Zebedee, and he began to be sorrowful and oppressed. ³⁸He said to them, My soul is sorrowful even to death; wait for me here, and watch with me. ³⁹And he went a little further and fell on his face, and prayed saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; but let it be, not as I will, but as you will. ⁴⁰Then he came to his disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, You were not able to watch with me even for 1 hour? ⁴¹Wake and pray, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is ready, but the body is weak. ⁴²He went away the 2nd time and prayed and said, My Father, if this cup cannot pass, and if I have to drink it, let it be according to your will. ⁴³He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴And he left them and went away and prayed the 3rd time, and he said the same word. ⁴⁵Then he came to his disciples and said to them, Sleep from now on and get your rest; look, the hour has come, and the Son of man will be delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶Arise, let us go; look, he who is to deliver me has arrived. ⁴⁷While he was speaking, look, Judas the traitor, 1 of the 12, came and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸Now Judas the traitor had given them a sign, saying, He whom I kiss, it is he, arrest him. ⁴⁹And immediately he came up to Jesus and said, Peace, Master, and he kissed him. ⁵⁰Jesus said to him, Is it for this that you have come, my friend? Then they came near and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him. ⁵¹And look, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew a sword, and struck the servant of the high priest with it, and cut off his ear. ⁵²Then Jesus said to him, Return the sword to its place; for all who take swords will die by swords. ⁵³Or do you think that I cannot ask of my Father, and he will now raise up for me more than 12 legions of angels? ⁵⁴How then could the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so? ⁵⁵At that very hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like a bandit? I sat with you every day, teaching in the temple, and you did not arrest me. ⁵⁶But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

⁵⁷And those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. ⁵⁸But Simon Peter followed him from far away, up to the courtyard of the high priest, and he went inside and sat with the soldiers, to see the end. ⁵⁹Now the high priests and the elders and the whole council were seeking witnesses against Jesus, so that they might put him to death. ⁶⁰But they could not find any; then a great many false witnesses came; but at the end 2 came forward, ⁶¹And said, This man said, I can tear down the temple of God, and build it in 3 days. ⁶²And the high priest stood up and said to him, You are not answering anything. What is it that these men testify against you? ⁶³But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure you by the living God, to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God? ⁶⁴Jesus said to him, You say that. But I say to you, that from now on, you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power, and coming on the clouds of the sky. ⁶⁵The high priest then tore his clothes and said, Look, he is blaspheming; why do we need witnesses? Look, now you have heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What else do you want? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. ⁶⁷Then they spat in his face, and struck him on his head, and others beat him, ⁶⁸Saying, Prophesy to us Messiah, who struck you? ⁶⁹Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard; and a female servant came and said to him, You were also with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷⁰But he denied it before all of them, and said, I do not understand what you are saying. ⁷¹And as he was going to the porch, another one saw him, and she said to them, This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷²Again he denied it with oaths, I do not know the man. ⁷³After awhile, those who were standing came and said to Peter, Truly you are also one of them, for even your speech proves it. ⁷⁴Then he began to curse and swear, I do not know the man. At that very hour the rooster crowed. ⁷⁵And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which he said to him, Before the rooster crows, you will deny me 3 times. And he went outside and wept bitterly.