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Nevertheless lo! the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me at the table.
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And [soothly] man's Son goeth, as it is determined; nevertheless woe to that man, by whom he shall be betrayed.
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And they began to seek among them[selves], who it was of them, that was to do this thing.
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And strife was made among them, which of them should be seen to be greatest.
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But he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords of them, and they that have power on them be called good doers, [Forsooth he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords, or lordship, of them, and they that have power upon them be called good doers,]
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but ye not so; but he that is greatest among you, be made as a younger [be made as the younger], and he that is [a] before-goer, as a servant.
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For who is greater, he that sitteth at the meat, or he that ministereth? whether not he that sitteth at the meat? And I am in the middle of you [Forsooth I am in the midst of you], as he that ministereth.
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And ye [it] be, that have dwelled with me in my temptations; [Soothly ye it be that have dwelt with me in my temptations;]
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and I assign to you, as my Father hath assigned to me, a realm, [and I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a realm,]
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that ye eat and drink on my board in my realm, and sit on thrones, and deem the twelve kindreds of Israel [deeming the twelve kindreds of Israel].
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And the Lord said to Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath asked (for) you, that he should riddle you as wheat;