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Stay awake, and pray that you will not be put to the test -- the spirit indeed is eager, but human nature is weak."
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Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words;
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and again he came and found them sleeping, their eyes were so very heavy; and they didn't know what to answer him.
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The third time, he came and said to them, "For now, go on sleeping, take your rest. . . .There, that's enough! The time has come! Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners!
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Get up! Let's go! Here comes my betrayer!"
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While Yeshua was still speaking, Y'hudah (one of the Twelve!) came, and with him a crowd carrying swords and clubs, from the head cohanim, the Torah-teachers and the elders.
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The betrayer had arranged to give them a signal: "The man I kiss is the one you want. Grab him, and take him away under guard."
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As he ar ived, he went right up to Yeshua, said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
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Then they laid hold of Yeshua and arrested him;
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but one of the people standing nearby drew his sword and struck at the servant of the cohen hagadol, cutting off his ear.
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Yeshua addressed them: "So you came out to take me with swords and clubs, the way you would the leader of a rebellion?