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[1]And it came to pass, when Jesus had concluded all these discourses, that he said to his disciples: |
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[2]Ye know that after two days is the Passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. |
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[3]Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. |
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[4]And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him. |
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[5]But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people. |
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[6]And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, |
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[7]there came to him a woman having a vase of aromatic ointment very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he was reclining. |
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[8]And when his disciples saw [it] they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste? |
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[9]For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor. |
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[10]But Jesus knew [their dissatisfaction], and said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? She hath performed a good deed towards me. |
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[11]For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always |
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[12]And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for my burial. |
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[13]Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this thing that she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her. |
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[14]Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, |
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[15]and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver. |
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[16]And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. |
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[17]And on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover? |
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[18]And he said to them: Go ye into the city, to such a man, and say to him: Our Rabbi saith, My time approaches: with thee will I keep the Passover with my disciples |
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[19]And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the Passover. |
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[20]And when it was evening, he reclined with his twelve disciples. |
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[21]And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, That one of you will betray me. |
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[22]And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord is it I? |
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[23]And he answered and said: One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will betray me. |
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[24]And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born. |
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[25]Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. |
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[26]And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake; and gave to his disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is my body. |
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[27]And he took the cup, and offered thanks and gave [it] to them, saying: Take, drink of this all of you. |
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[28]This is my blood of the new testament, which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins. |
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[29]But I say to you, that I will henceforth not drink of this product of the vine, until the day in which I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of God.
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[30]And they sang praises, and went forth to the mount of Olives. |
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[31]Then said Jesus to them: Ye will all be offended in me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed. |
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[32]But after I am arisen, I will go before you into Galilee. |
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[33]Cephas replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee. |
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[34]Jesus said to him: Verily I say to thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me. |
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[35]Cephas said to him: If I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples. |
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[36]Then came Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray. |
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[37]And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful. |
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[38]And he said to them: There is anguish in my soul, even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me. |
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[39]And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou. |
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[40]And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour? |
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[41]Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm. |
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[42]Again he went away the second time, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done. |
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[43]And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. |
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[44]And he left them, and went again and prayed the third time, and used the same language. |
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[45]Then he came to his disciples, and said to them: Sleep on now, and take rest. Behold, the hour is come: and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. |
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[46]Arise, let us go. Behold, he that betrayeth me hath come. |
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[47]And while he was yet speaking, lo, Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, arrived; and a great multitude with him, with swords and clubs, from the presence of the chief priests and elders of the people. |
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[48]And Judas the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye. |
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[49]And forthwith he approached Jesus, and said: Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him. |
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[50]And Jesus said to him: My friend, is it for this thou hast come? Then they came up, and laid their hands on Jesus, and took him. |
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[51]And lo, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. |
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[52]Then Jesus said to him: Return the sword to its place; for all they that take swords, shall die by swords. |
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[53]Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he now assign me more than twelve legions of angels? |
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[54]But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? |
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[55]At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me. |
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[56]And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled. |
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[57]And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and Elders were assembled. |
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[58]And Simon Cephas followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants within, that he might see the issue. |
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[59]And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death; |
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[60]and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward, |
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[61]and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it. |
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[62]And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? |
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[63]And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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[64]Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. |
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[65]Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said: Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we seek for witnesses? Behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy. |
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[66]What is your pleasure? They answered and said: He is liable to death. |
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[67]Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him, |
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[68]and said to him: Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee? |
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[69]And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean. |
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[70]But he denied [it] before them all, and said: I know not what thou sayest. |
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[71]And as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean. |
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[72]And again he denied, with oaths: I know not that man. |
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[73]And a little after, those standing [there] came up and said to Cephas: Certainly, thou too art one of them; and thy speech maketh thee manifest. |
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[74]Then he began to imprecate and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour the cock crew. |
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[75]And Cephas remembered the declaration of Jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly. |
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