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You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born."

But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Peter said, "Everyone else may stumble in their faith because of you, but I will not."

But Peter said, "I will never say that I don't know you! I will even die with you!" And all the other followers said the same thing.

After walking a little farther away from them, Jesus fell to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, do not give me this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want."

Stay awake and pray for strength against temptation. The spirit wants to do what is right, but the body is weak."

But it must happen this way to bring about what the Scriptures say."

But all these things have happened so that it will come about as the prophets wrote." Then all of Jesus' followers left him and ran away.

Many people came and told lies about him, but the council could find no real reason to kill him. Then two people came and said,

But Jesus said nothing. Again the high priest said to Jesus, "I command you by the power of the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Jesus answered, "Those are your words. But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God, the Powerful One, and coming on clouds in the sky."

But Peter said to all the people there that he was never with Jesus. He said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

But Jesus said nothing in answer to Pilate, and Pilate was very surprised at this.

But the leading priests and elders convinced the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be freed and for Jesus to be killed.

Pilate asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted louder, "Crucify him!"

Then he set Barabbas free. But Jesus was beaten with whips and handed over to the soldiers to be crucified.

The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. He tasted the wine but refused to drink it.

They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself! He says he is the king of Israel! If he is the king, let him come down now from the cross. Then we will believe in him.

But the others said, "Don't bother him. We want to see if Elijah will come to save him."