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

"She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

"And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there."

"For the Son of Man is to go 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 not been born."

And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will."

And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too."

Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

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

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

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man should take.

When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah."

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.