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1 In only two days the eight-day Festival of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread would begin. The high priests and religion scholars were looking for a way they could seize Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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erat autem pascha et azyma post biduum et quaerebant summi sacerdotes et scribae quomodo eum dolo tenerent et occiderent
2 They agreed that it should not be done during Passover Week. "We don't want the crowds up in arms," they said.
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dicebant enim non in die festo ne forte tumultus fieret populi
3 Jesus was at Bethany, a guest of Simon the Leper. While he was eating dinner, a woman came up carrying a bottle of very expensive perfume. Opening the bottle, she poured it on his head.
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et cum esset Bethaniae in domo Simonis leprosi et recumberet venit mulier habens alabastrum unguenti nardi spicati pretiosi et fracto alabastro effudit super caput eius
4 Some of the guests became furious among themselves. "That's criminal! A sheer waste!
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erant autem quidam indigne ferentes intra semet ipsos et dicentes ut quid perditio ista unguenti facta est
5 This perfume could have been sold for well over a year's wages and handed out to the poor." They swelled up in anger, nearly bursting with indignation over her.
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poterat enim unguentum istud veniri plus quam trecentis denariis et dari pauperibus et fremebant in eam
6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you giving her a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me.
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Iesus autem dixit sinite eam quid illi molesti estis bonum opus operata est in me
7 You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me.
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semper enim pauperes habetis vobiscum et cum volueritis potestis illis benefacere me autem non semper habetis
8 She did what she could when she could - she pre-anointed my body for burial.
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quod habuit haec fecit praevenit unguere corpus meum in sepulturam
9 And you can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she just did is going to be talked about admiringly."
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amen dico vobis ubicumque praedicatum fuerit evangelium istud in universum mundum et quod fecit haec narrabitur in memoriam eius
10 Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the cabal of high priests, determined to betray him.
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et Iudas Scariotis unus de duodecim abiit ad summos sacerdotes ut proderet eum illis
11 They couldn't believe their ears, and promised to pay him well. He started looking for just the right moment to hand him over.
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qui audientes gavisi sunt et promiserunt ei pecuniam se daturos et quaerebat quomodo illum oportune traderet
12 On the first of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day they prepare the Passover sacrifice, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations so you can eat the Passover meal?"
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et primo die azymorum quando pascha immolabant dicunt ei discipuli quo vis eamus et paremus tibi ut manduces pascha
13 He directed two of his disciples, "Go into the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.
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et mittit duos ex discipulis suis et dicit eis ite in civitatem et occurret vobis homo laguenam aquae baiulans sequimini eum
14 Ask the owner of whichever house he enters, 'The Teacher wants to know, Where is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'
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et quocumque introierit dicite domino domus quia magister dicit ubi est refectio mea ubi pascha cum discipulis meis manducem
15 He will show you a spacious second-story room, swept and ready. Prepare for us there."
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et ipse vobis demonstrabit cenaculum grande stratum et illic parate nobis
16 The disciples left, came to the city, found everything just as he had told them, and prepared the Passover meal.
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et abierunt discipuli eius et venerunt in civitatem et invenerunt sicut dixerat illis et praeparaverunt pascha
17 After sunset he came with the Twelve.
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vespere autem facto venit cum duodecim
18 As they were at the supper table eating, Jesus said, "I have something hard but important to say to you: One of you is going to hand me over to the conspirators, one who at this moment is eating with me."
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et discumbentibus eis et manducantibus ait Iesus amen dico vobis quia unus ex vobis me tradet qui manducat mecum
19 Stunned, they started asking, one after another, "It isn't me, is it?"
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at illi coeperunt contristari et dicere ei singillatim numquid ego
20 He said, "It's one of the Twelve, one who eats with me out of the same bowl.
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qui ait illis unus ex duodecim qui intinguit mecum in catino
21 In one sense, it turns out that the Son of Man is entering into a way of treachery well-marked by the Scriptures - no surprises here. In another sense, the man who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man - better never to have been born than do this!" "This Is My Body"
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et Filius quidem hominis vadit sicut scriptum est de eo vae autem homini illi per quem Filius hominis traditur bonum ei si non esset natus homo ille
22 In the course of their meal, having taken and blessed the bread, he broke it and gave it to them. Then he said, Take, this is my body.
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et manducantibus illis accepit Iesus panem et benedicens fregit et dedit eis et ait sumite hoc est corpus meum
23 Taking the chalice, he gave it to them, thanking God, and they all drank from it.
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et accepto calice gratias agens dedit eis et biberunt ex illo omnes
24 He said, This is my blood, God's new covenant, Poured out for many people.
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et ait illis hic est sanguis meus novi testamenti qui pro multis effunditur
25 "I'll not be drinking wine again until the new day when I drink it in the kingdom of God."
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amen dico vobis quod iam non bibam de genimine vitis usque in diem illum cum illud bibam novum in regno Dei
26 They sang a hymn and then went directly to Mount Olives.
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et hymno dicto exierunt in montem Olivarum
27 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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et ait eis Iesus omnes scandalizabimini in nocte ista quia scriptum est percutiam pastorem et dispergentur oves
28 "But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you, leading the way to Galilee."
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sed posteaquam resurrexero praecedam vos in Galilaeam
29 Peter blurted out, "Even if everyone else is ashamed of you when things fall to pieces, I won't be."
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Petrus autem ait ei et si omnes scandalizati fuerint sed non ego
30 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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et ait illi Iesus amen dico tibi quia tu hodie in nocte hac priusquam bis gallus vocem dederit ter me es negaturus
31 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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at ille amplius loquebatur et si oportuerit me simul conmori tibi non te negabo similiter autem et omnes dicebant
32 They came to an area called Gethsemane. Jesus told his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
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et veniunt in praedium cui nomen Gethsemani et ait discipulis suis sedete hic donec orem
33 He took Peter, James, and John with him. He plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony.
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et adsumit Petrum et Iacobum et Iohannem secum et coepit pavere et taedere
34 He told them, "I feel bad enough right now to die. Stay here and keep vigil with me."
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et ait illis tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem sustinete hic et vigilate
35 Going a little ahead, he fell to the ground and prayed for a way out:
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et cum processisset paululum procidit super terram et orabat ut si fieri posset transiret ab eo hora
36 "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?"
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et dixit Abba Pater omnia possibilia tibi sunt transfer calicem hunc a me sed non quod ego volo sed quod tu
37 He came back and found them sound asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, you went to sleep on me? Can't you stick it out with me a single hour?
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et venit et invenit eos dormientes et ait Petro Simon dormis non potuisti una hora vigilare
38 Stay alert, be in prayer, so you don't enter the danger zone without even knowing it. Don't be naive. Part of you is eager, ready for anything in God; but another part is as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."
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vigilate et orate ut non intretis in temptationem spiritus quidem promptus caro vero infirma
39 He then went back and prayed the same prayer.
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et iterum abiens oravit eundem sermonem dicens
40 Returning, he again found them sound asleep. They simply couldn't keep their eyes open, and they didn't have a plausible excuse.
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et reversus denuo invenit eos dormientes erant enim oculi illorum ingravati et ignorabant quid responderent ei
41 He came back a third time and said, "Are you going to sleep all night? No - you've slept long enough. Time's up. The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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et venit tertio et ait illis dormite iam et requiescite sufficit venit hora ecce traditur Filius hominis in manus peccatorum
42 Get up. Let's get going. My betrayer has arrived."
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surgite eamus ecce qui me tradit prope est
43 No sooner were the words out of his mouth when Judas, the one out of the Twelve, showed up, and with him a gang of ruffians, sent by the high priests, religion scholars, and leaders, brandishing swords and clubs.
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et adhuc eo loquente venit Iudas Scarioth unus ex duodecim et cum illo turba cum gladiis et lignis a summis sacerdotibus et a scribis et a senioribus
44 The betrayer had worked out a signal with them: "The one I kiss, that's the one - seize him. Make sure he doesn't get away."
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dederat autem traditor eius signum eis dicens quemcumque osculatus fuero ipse est tenete eum et ducite
45 He went straight to Jesus and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
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et cum venisset statim accedens ad eum ait rabbi et osculatus est eum
46 The others then grabbed him and roughed him up.
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at illi manus iniecerunt in eum et tenuerunt eum
47 One of the men standing there unsheathed his sword, swung, and came down on the Chief Priest's servant, lopping off the man's ear.
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unus autem quidam de circumstantibus educens gladium percussit servum summi sacerdotis et amputavit illi auriculam
48 Jesus said to them, "What is this, coming after me with swords and clubs as if I were a dangerous criminal?
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et respondens Iesus ait illis tamquam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et lignis conprehendere me
49 Day after day I've been sitting in the Temple teaching, and you never so much as lifted a hand against me. What you in fact have done is confirm the prophetic writings."
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cotidie eram apud vos in templo docens et non me tenuistis sed ut adimpleantur scripturae
50 All the disciples cut and ran.
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tunc discipuli eius relinquentes eum omnes fugerunt
51 A young man was following along. All he had on was a bedsheet. Some of the men grabbed him
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adulescens autem quidam sequebatur illum amictus sindone super nudo et tenuerunt eum
52 but he got away, running off naked, leaving them holding the sheet.
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at ille reiecta sindone nudus profugit ab eis
53 They led Jesus to the Chief Priest, where the high priests, religious leaders, and scholars had gathered together.
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et adduxerunt Iesum ad summum sacerdotem et conveniunt omnes sacerdotes et scribae et seniores
54 Peter followed at a safe distance until they got to the Chief Priest's courtyard, where he mingled with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.
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Petrus autem a longe secutus est eum usque intro in atrium summi sacerdotis et sedebat cum ministris et calefaciebat se ad ignem
55 The high priests conspiring with the Jewish Council looked high and low for evidence against Jesus by which they could sentence him to death. They found nothing.
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summi vero sacerdotes et omne concilium quaerebant adversum Iesum testimonium ut eum morti traderent nec inveniebant
56 Plenty of people were willing to bring in false charges, but nothing added up, and they ended up canceling each other out.
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multi enim testimonium falsum dicebant adversus eum et convenientia testimonia non erant
57 Then a few of them stood up and lied:
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et quidam surgentes falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum dicentes
58 "We heard him say, 'I am going to tear down this Temple, built by hard labor, and in three days build another without lifting a hand.'"
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quoniam nos audivimus eum dicentem ego dissolvam templum hoc manufactum et per triduum aliud non manufactum aedificabo
59 But even they couldn't agree exactly.
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et non erat conveniens testimonium illorum
60 In the middle of this, the Chief Priest stood up and asked Jesus, "What do you have to say to the accusation?"
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et exsurgens summus sacerdos in medium interrogavit Iesum dicens non respondes quicquam ad ea quae tibi obiciuntur ab his
61 Jesus was silent. He said nothing. The Chief Priest tried again, this time asking, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?"
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ille autem tacebat et nihil respondit rursum summus sacerdos interrogabat eum et dicit ei tu es Christus Filius Benedicti
62 Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you'll see it yourself: The Son of Man seated At the right hand of the Mighty One, Arriving on the clouds of heaven."
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Iesus autem dixit illi ego sum et videbitis Filium hominis a dextris sedentem Virtutis et venientem cum nubibus caeli
63 The Chief Priest lost his temper. Ripping his clothes, he yelled, "Did you hear that? After that do we need witnesses?
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summus autem sacerdos scindens vestimenta sua ait quid adhuc desideramus testes
64 You heard the blasphemy. Are you going to stand for it?" They condemned him, one and all. The sentence: death.
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audistis blasphemiam quid vobis videtur qui omnes condemnaverunt eum esse reum mortis
65 Some of them started spitting at him. They blindfolded his eyes, then hit him, saying, "Who hit you? Prophesy!" The guards, punching and slapping, took him away.
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et coeperunt quidam conspuere eum et velare faciem eius et colaphis eum caedere et dicere ei prophetiza et ministri alapis eum caedebant
66 While all this was going on, Peter was down in the courtyard. One of the Chief Priest's servant girls came in
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et cum esset Petrus in atrio deorsum venit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis
67 and, seeing Peter warming himself there, looked hard at him and said, "You were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
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et cum vidisset Petrum calefacientem se aspiciens illum ait et tu cum Iesu Nazareno eras
68 He denied it: "I don't know what you're talking about." He went out on the porch. A rooster crowed.
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at ille negavit dicens neque scio neque novi quid dicas et exiit foras ante atrium et gallus cantavit
69 The girl spotted him and began telling the people standing around, "He's one of them."
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rursus autem cum vidisset illum ancilla coepit dicere circumstantibus quia hic ex illis est
70 He denied it again. After a little while, the bystanders brought it up again. "You've got to be one of them. You've got 'Galilean' written all over you."
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at ille iterum negavit et post pusillum rursus qui adstabant dicebant Petro vere ex illis es nam et Galilaeus es
71 Now Peter got really nervous and swore, "I never laid eyes on this man you're talking about."
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ille autem coepit anathematizare et iurare quia nescio hominem istum quem dicitis
72 Just then the rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered how Jesus had said, "Before a rooster crows twice, you'll deny me three times." He collapsed in tears.
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et statim iterum gallus cantavit et recordatus est Petrus verbi quod dixerat ei Iesus priusquam gallus cantet bis ter me negabis et coepit flere
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