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Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, don't make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want."

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

But it must happen this way to show the truth of what the Scriptures said."

But all these things have happened to show the full meaning of what the prophets wrote." Then all of Jesus' followers left him and ran away.

Peter followed Jesus but stayed back at a distance. He followed him to the yard of the high priest's house. Peter went in and sat with the guards. He wanted to see what would happen to Jesus.

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

But Jesus said nothing. Again the high priest said to Jesus, "You are now under oath. I command you by the power of the living God to tell us the truth. Tell us, are you the Messiah, the Son of God?"

Jesus answered, "Yes, that's right. But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of God. And you will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven."

But Peter told everyone there that this was not true. "I don't know what you are talking about," he said.

But Jesus did not say anything, and this really surprised the governor.

But the leading priests and older Jewish leaders told the people to ask for Barabbas to be set free and for Jesus to be killed.

Pilate asked, "Why do you want me to kill him? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted louder, "Kill him on a cross!"

There the soldiers gave Jesus some wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself! People say he is the king of Israel. If he is the king, he should 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."

But he is not here. He has risen from death, as he said he would. Come and see the place where his body was.

So the women left the tomb quickly. They were afraid, but they were also very happy. They ran to tell his followers what happened.

On the mountain the followers saw Jesus. They worshiped him. But some of the followers did not believe that it was really Jesus.

I baptize you with water, but the one who is coming will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Jesus healed many of those who had different kinds of sicknesses. He also forced many demons out of people. But he would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.