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Jesus answered, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then the people came and grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
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When that happened, one of Jesus' followers reached for his sword and pulled it out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
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Jesus said to the man, "Put your sword back in its place. All who use swords will be killed with swords.
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Surely you know I could ask my Father, and he would give me more than twelve armies of angels.
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But it must happen this way to bring about what the Scriptures say."
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Then Jesus said to the crowd, "You came to get me with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal. Every day I sat in the Temple teaching, and you did not arrest me there.
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But all these things have happened so that it will come about as the prophets wrote." Then all of Jesus' followers left him and ran away.
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Those people who arrested Jesus led him to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the older Jewish leaders were gathered.
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Peter followed far behind to the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he sat down with the guards to see what would happen to Jesus.
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The leading priests and the whole Jewish council tried to find something false against Jesus so they could kill him.
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Many people came and told lies about him, but the council could find no real reason to kill him. Then two people came and said,