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1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
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When Jesus finished speaking all these words, he said to his disciples,
2 “As you know, Passover begins in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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"You know that the Passover is two days from now. And the Human One will be handed over to be crucified."
3 At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
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Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest.
4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
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They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.
5 “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
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But they agreed that it shouldn't happen during the feast so there wouldn't be an uproar among the people.
6 Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.
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When Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease,
7 While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head.
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a woman came to him with a vase made of alabaster containing very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus' head while he was sitting at dinner.
8 The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said.
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Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, "Why this waste?
9 “It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor."
10 But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?
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But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said, "Why do you make trouble for the woman? She's done a good thing for me.
11 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.
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You always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.
12 She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial.
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By pouring this perfume over my body she's prepared me to be buried.
13 I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”
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I tell you the truth that wherever in the whole world this good news is announced, what she's done will also be told in memory of her."
14 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests
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Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15 and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
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and said, "What will you give me if I turn Jesus over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
16 From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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From that time on he was looking for an opportunity to turn him in.
17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
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On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
18 “As you go into the city,” he told them, “you will see a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’”
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He replied, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say, ‘The teacher says, My time is near. I'm going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house. '"
19 So the disciples did as Jesus told them and prepared the Passover meal there.
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The disciples did just as Jesus instructed them. They prepared the Passover.
20 When it was evening, Jesus sat down at the table with the Twelve.
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That evening he took his place at the table with the twelve disciples.
21 While they were eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.”
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As they were eating he said, "I assure you that one of you will betray me."
22 Greatly distressed, each one asked in turn, “Am I the one, Lord?”
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Deeply saddened, each one said to him, "I'm not the one, am I, Lord?"
23 He replied, “One of you who has just eaten from this bowl with me will betray me.
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He replied, "The one who will betray me is the one who dips his hand with me into this bowl.
24 For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”
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The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."
25 Judas, the one who would betray him, also asked, “Rabbi, am I the one?” And Jesus told him, “You have said it.”
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Now Judas, who would betray him, replied, "It's not me, is it, Rabbi?" Jesus answered, "You said it."
26 As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.”
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While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take and eat. This is my body."
27 And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it,
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He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from this, all of you.
28 for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.
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This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many so that their sins may be forgiven.
29 Mark my words—I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
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I tell you, I won't drink wine again until that day when I drink it in a new way with you in my Father's kingdom."
30 Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Then, after singing songs of praise, they went to the Mount of Olives.
31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
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Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Tonight you will all fall away because of me. This is because it is written, I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will go off in all directions.
32 But after I have been raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”
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But after I'm raised up, I'll go before you to Galilee."
33 Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.”
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Peter replied, "If everyone else stumbles because of you, I'll never stumble."
34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
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Jesus said to him, "I assure you that, before the rooster crows tonight, you will deny me three times."
35 “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.
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Peter said, "Even if I must die alongside you, I won't deny you." All the disciples said the same thing.
36 Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.”
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Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to the disciples, "Stay here while I go and pray over there."
37 He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.
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When he took Peter and Zebedee's two sons, he began to feel sad and anxious.
38 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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Then he said to them, "I'm very sad. It's as if I'm dying. Stay here and keep alert with me."
39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
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Then he went a short distance farther and fell on his face and prayed, "My Father, if it's possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. However—not what I want but what you want."
40 Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour?
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He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "Couldn't you stay alert one hour with me?
41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”
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Stay alert and pray so that you won't give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak."
42 Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.”
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A second time he went away and prayed, "My Father, if it's not possible that this cup be taken away unless I drink it, then let it be what you want."
43 When he returned to them again, he found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open.
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Again he came and found them sleeping. Their eyes were heavy with sleep.
44 So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again.
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But he left them and again went and prayed the same words for the third time.
45 Then he came to the disciples and said, “Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But look—the time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Then he came to his disciples and said to them, "Will you sleep and rest all night? Look, the time has come for the Human One to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here!”
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Get up. Let's go. Look, here comes my betrayer."
47 And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people.
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While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came. With him was a large crowd carrying swords and clubs. They had been sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.
48 The traitor, Judas, had given them a prearranged signal: “You will know which one to arrest when I greet him with a kiss.”
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His betrayer had given them a sign: "Arrest the man I kiss."
49 So Judas came straight to Jesus. “Greetings, Rabbi!” he exclaimed and gave him the kiss.
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Just then he came to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi." Then he kissed him.
50 Jesus said, “My friend, go ahead and do what you have come for.” Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
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But Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then they came and grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
51 But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.
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One of those with Jesus reached for his sword. Striking the high priest's slave, he cut off his ear.
52 “Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.
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Then Jesus said to him, "Put the sword back into its place. All those who use the sword will die by the sword.
53 Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?
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Or do you think that I'm not able to ask my Father and he will send to me more than twelve battle groups of angels right away?
54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?”
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But if I did that, how would the scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"
55 Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
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Then Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me, like a thief? Day after day, I sat in the temple teaching, but you didn't arrest me.
56 But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.
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But all this has happened so that what the prophets said in the scriptures might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left Jesus and ran away.
57 Then the people who had arrested Jesus led him to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of religious law and the elders had gathered.
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Those who arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest. The legal experts and the elders had gathered there.
58 Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end.
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Peter followed him from a distance until he came to the high priest's courtyard. He entered that area and sat outside with the officers to see how it would turn out.
59 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.
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The chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward
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They didn't find anything they could use from the many false witnesses who were willing to come forward. But finally they found two
61 who declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
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who said, "This man said, ‘I can destroy God's temple and rebuild it in three days.'"
62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?”
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Then the high priest stood and said to Jesus, "Aren't you going to respond to the testimony these people have brought against you?"
63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
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But Jesus was silent. The high priest said, "By the living God, I demand that you tell us whether you are the Christ, God's Son."
64 Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
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"You said it," Jesus replied. "But I say to you that from now on you'll see the Human One sitting on the right side of the Almighty and coming on the heavenly clouds."
65 Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need other witnesses? You have all heard his blasphemy.
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Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He's insulting God! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, you've heard his insult against God.
66 What is your verdict?” “Guilty!” they shouted. “He deserves to die!”
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What do you think?" And they answered, "He deserves to die!"
67 Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
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Then they spit in his face and beat him. They hit him
68 jeering, “Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?”
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and said, "Prophesy for us, Christ! Who hit you?"
69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.”
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Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant woman came and said to him, "You were also with Jesus the Galilean."
70 But Peter denied it in front of everyone. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
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But he denied it in front of all of them, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
71 Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth. ”
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When he went over to the gate, another woman saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus, the man from Nazareth."
72 Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath. “I don’t even know the man,” he said.
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With a solemn pledge, he denied it again, saying, "I don't know the man."
73 A little later some of the other bystanders came over to Peter and said, “You must be one of them; we can tell by your Galilean accent.”
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A short time later those standing there came and said to Peter, "You must be one of them. The way you talk gives you away."
74 Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying—I don’t know the man!” And immediately the rooster crowed.
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Then he cursed and swore, "I don't know the man!" At that very moment the rooster crowed.
75 Suddenly, Jesus’ words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And he went away, weeping bitterly.
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Peter remembered Jesus' words, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times." And Peter went out and cried uncontrollably.