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| 47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, | 47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, |
| 48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" | 48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" |
| 49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" | 49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" |
| 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. | 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. |
| 51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. | 51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. |
| 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? | 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? |
| 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns." | 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns." |
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