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Jesus was still speaking when a crowd arrived, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. He came up to Jesus to kiss him.
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But Jesus said, "Judas, is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?"
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When the disciples who were with Jesus saw what was going to happen, they asked, "Shall we use our swords, Lord?"
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And one of them struck the High Priest's slave and cut off his right ear.
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But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" He touched the man's ear and healed him.
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Then Jesus said to the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guard and the elders who had come there to get him, "Did you have to come with swords and clubs, as though I were an outlaw?
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I was with you in the Temple every day, and you did not try to arrest me. But this is your hour to act, when the power of darkness rules."
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They arrested Jesus and took him away into the house of the High Priest; and Peter followed at a distance.
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A fire had been lit in the center of the courtyard, and Peter joined those who were sitting around it.
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When one of the servant women saw him sitting there at the fire, she looked straight at him and said, "This man too was with Jesus!"
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But Peter denied it, "Woman, I don't even know him!"
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After a little while a man noticed Peter and said, "You are one of them, too!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
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And about an hour later another man insisted strongly, "There isn't any doubt that this man was with Jesus, because he also is a Galilean!"
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But Peter answered, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" At once, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
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The Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered that the Lord had said to him, "Before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me."
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Peter went out and wept bitterly.
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The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.
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They blindfolded him and asked him, "Who hit you? Guess!"
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And they said many other insulting things to him.