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Watch ye: and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words.
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And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him.
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And he cometh the third time and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Rise up: let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand.
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And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients.
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And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away carefully.
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And when he was come, immediately going up to him he saith: Hail, Rabbi! And he kissed him.
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But they laid hands on him and held him.
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And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear.
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And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?