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They sang a hymn and then went directly to Mount Olives.
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Jesus told them, "You're all going to feel that your world is falling apart and that it's my fault. There's a Scripture that says, I will strike the shepherd; The sheep will go helter-skelter.
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"But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you, leading the way to Galilee."
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Peter blurted out, "Even if everyone else is ashamed of you when things fall to pieces, I won't be."
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Jesus said, "Don't be so sure. Today, this very night in fact, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
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He blustered in protest, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you." All the others said the same thing.
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They came to an area called Gethsemane. Jesus told his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
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He took Peter, James, and John with him. He plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony.
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He told them, "I feel bad enough right now to die. Stay here and keep vigil with me."
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Going a little ahead, he fell to the ground and prayed for a way out:
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"Papa, Father, you can - can't you? - get me out of this. Take this cup away from me. But please, not what I want - what do you want?"