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Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the passover, drew nigh,
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and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
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And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve.
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And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.
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And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.
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And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.
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And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed.
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And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat [it].
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But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare [it]?
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And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in;
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and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher says to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples?
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And *he* will shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
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And having gone they found it as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover.
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And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table, and the [twelve] apostles with him.
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And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.
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For I say unto you, that I will not eat any more at all of it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
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And having received a cup, when he had given thanks he said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.
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For I say unto you, that I will not drink at all of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God come.
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And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke [it], and gave [it] to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
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In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
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Moreover, behold, the hand of him that delivers me up [is] with me on the table;
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and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up.
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And *they* began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.
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And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatest.
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And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
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But *ye* [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
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For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst of you as the one that serves.
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But *ye* are they who have persevered with me in my temptations.
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And *I* appoint unto you, as my Father has appointed unto me, a kingdom,
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that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;
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but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.
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And he said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.
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And he said, I tell thee, Peter, [the] cock shall not crow to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
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And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
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He said therefore to them, But now he that has a purse let him take [it], in like manner also a scrip, and he that has none let him sell his garment and buy a sword;
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for I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned with [the] lawless: for also the things concerning me have an end.
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And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.