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For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;

"Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.

For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;

"for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money given to the poor."

But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.

and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity to betray Him.

On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born."

for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant.

Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, `I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered in all directions.'

Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour!

Again a second time He went away and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is impossible for this cup to pass without my drinking it, Thy will be done."

He came and again found them asleep, for they were very tired.

"Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

A short time afterwards the people standing there came and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your brogue shows it."

So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;

for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of `the Field of Blood.'

and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."

For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.