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Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
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And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
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Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
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Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
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But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"
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At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
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But all this has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
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Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Ca'iaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
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But Peter followed him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.
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Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
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but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward