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¹ And the Feast of Unleavened Bread , being called Passover, drew near.² And the chief priests and the scribes sought how to destroy Him; for they feared the people.³ And Satan entered into Judas, the one having been called Iscariot, being of the number of the Twelve.⁴ And going, he talked with the chief priests and the commanders as to how he might deliver Him up.⁵ And they exulted, and they agreed to give him silver.⁶ And he fully consented and sought opportunity to betray Him to them, away from the crowd.

⁷ And the day of the Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover must be killed.⁸ And He sent Peter and John, saying, Having gone, prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat.⁹ And they said to Him, Where do You desire that we prepare?¹⁰ And He said to them, Behold, you going into the city, you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he goes in.¹¹ And you will say to the housemaster of that house, The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?¹² And that one will show you a large upper room which he has spread. Prepare there.¹³ And having gone, they found as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.¹⁴ And when the hour came, He reclined, and the twelve apostles with Him.¹⁵ And He said to them, With desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.¹⁶ For I say to you that no more, I will not eat of it until when it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God, never!¹⁷ And taking a cup, giving thanks, He said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.¹⁸ For I say to you that I will not drink from the produce of the vine until the kingdom of God comes, never!¹⁹ And taking a loaf, giving thanks, He broke, and gave to them, saying, This is My body being given for you. This do to My remembrance.²⁰ And in like manner the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is being poured out for you.

²¹ But, behold, the hand of My betrayer on the table with Me!²² And, indeed, the Son of Man goes according as was determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!²³ And they began to examine themselves who then it may be of them, the one being about to do this.²⁴ And there was also a dispute among them, who of them seems to be greater.²⁵ And He said to them, The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those exercising authority over them are called benefactors.²⁶ But you be not so, but the greater among you, let him be as the lesser; and the one governing as the one serving.²⁷ For who is greater, the one reclining, or the one serving? Is it not the one reclining? But I am in your midst as One serving.²⁸ But you are those continuing with Me in My temptation.²⁹ And I appoint a kingdom to you, as My Father appointed to Me,³⁰ that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom; and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.³¹ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold! Satan asked for you, to sift you as wheat;³² but I entreated concerning you, that your faith might not fail. And when you have turned back, confirm your brothers.³³ And he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go both to prison and to death with You.³⁴ And He said, Peter, I say to you, A cock will not crow today before you will deny knowing Me three times.³⁵ And He said to them, When I sent you without a purse, or a wallet, or sandals, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing.³⁶ Then He said to them, But now, the one having a purse, let him take it ; likewise also a wallet. And the one not having, let him sell his garment, and let him buy a sword.³⁷ For I say to you that this that has been written must yet be fulfilled in Me: "And He was numbered with the lawless." Isa. 53:12 For the things concerning Me also have an end.³⁸ And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And He said to them, It is enough.

³⁹ And going out, according to His custom, He went to the Mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed Him.⁴⁰ And having come on the place, He said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation.⁴¹ And He was withdrawn from them, about a stone's throw. And having placed the knees, He prayed,⁴² saying, Father, if You purpose it , take away this cup from Me; but not My will be done, but let Yours be done.⁴³ And an angel from Heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.⁴⁴ And being in an agony, He prayed more intently. And His sweat became as drops of blood falling down onto the earth.⁴⁵ And rising up from the prayer, coming to His disciples, He found them sleeping from grief.⁴⁶ And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Rising up, pray that you do not enter into temptation.

⁴⁷ And as He was yet speaking, behold, a crowd! And the one called Judas, one of the Twelve, came in front of them and drew near to Jesus in order to kiss Him.⁴⁸ And Jesus said to him, Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?⁴⁹ And those around Him seeing that about to occur, they said to Him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword?⁵⁰ And a certain one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.⁵¹ And answering, Jesus said, Allow it until this. And touching his ear, He healed him.⁵² And Jesus said to those coming upon Him, chief priests, and commanders of the temple, and elders, Have you come out with swords and clubs as against a robber?⁵³ When I was with you day by day in the temple, you did not stretch out your hand on Me. But this is your hour and the authority of the darkness.

⁵⁴ And laying hold of Him, they led Him away and led Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.⁵⁵ And lighting a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and they sitting down, Peter sat in their midst.⁵⁶ And a certain female slave seeing him sitting near the light, and looking intently at him, she said, And this one was with Him.⁵⁷ But he denied Him, saying, Woman, I do not know Him.⁵⁸ And after a while, another seeing him said, You also are of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.⁵⁹ And about an hour intervening, a certain other one boldly charged, saying, Truly this one also was with Him, for he also is a Galilean.⁶⁰ And Peter said, Man, I do not know what you say. And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crowed.⁶¹ And turning, the Lord looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the Word of the Lord, how He told him, Before a cock would crow, you will deny Me three times.⁶² And going outside, Peter wept bitterly.

⁶³ And the men who were holding Jesus mocked Him, beating Him .⁶⁴ And blindfolding Him, they were striking His face and questioning Him, saying, Prophesy, who is the one stinging You?⁶⁵ And blaspheming, many other things they said to Him.⁶⁶ And when day came, the body of elders of the people, the chief priests and scribes, were gathered. And they led Him away into their sanhedrin, saying,⁶⁷ If you are the Christ, tell us. And He said to them, If I tell you, you will in no way believe.⁶⁸ And also if I ask, in no way will you answer Me, or let Me go.⁶⁹ From now on the Son of Man will be sitting at the right of the power of God. Psa. 110:1 ⁷⁰ And they all said, Then are you the Son of God? And He said to them, You say it , because I AM!⁷¹ And they said, Why do we yet have need of witness? For we ourselves heard it from His mouth.