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Watch! Be alert! For you don't know when the time is coming.

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

For this oil might have been sold for more than 300 denarii and given to the poor." And they began to scold her.

Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body in advance for burial.

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My disciples?"'

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there."

For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

He said to them, "This is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many.

And He said, "Abba, Father! All things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will."

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but the testimonies did not agree.

At the festival it was Pilate's custom to release for the people a prisoner they requested.

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

So Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?"

For he knew it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Him over.

Then they crucified Him and divided His clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "Look, He's calling for Elijah!"