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āSimon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
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But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.ā
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But he replied, āLord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.ā
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Jesus answered, āI tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.ā
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Then Jesus asked them, āWhen I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?āāNothing,ā they answered.
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He said to them, āBut now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you donāt have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
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It is written: āAnd he was numbered with the transgressorsā[a]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.ā
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The disciples said, āSee, Lord, here are two swords.ā āThatās enough!ā he replied.