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For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.

For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always.

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us."

The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born."

And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new [fn] covenant, which is shed for many.

Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, [fn] for it is written: 'I will strike the Shepherd,And the sheep will be scattered.' Zechariah 13:7 ">[fn]

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."

And when He returned, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

For many bore false witness against Him, but their testimonies did not agree.

But he denied it again. And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, "Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it." [fn]

Then the multitude, crying aloud, [fn] began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them.

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

And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.

Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, "Look, He is calling for Elijah!"

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.

And they said among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away--for it was very large.