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riversident@Matthew:26:1 @ WHEN Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,

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riversident@Matthew:26:3 @ Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled at the house of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,

riversident@Matthew:26:4 @ and they plotted to seize Jesus by some trick and kill him.

riversident@Matthew:26:5 @ But they said, "Not on the feast day, so that there may not be a riot among the people."

riversident@Matthew:26:6 @ When Jesus had come to Bethany and was in the house of Simon the leper,

riversident@Matthew:26:7 @ a woman came up to him, bringing an alabaster jar of costly ointment, and poured it on his head while he was reclining at table.

riversident@Matthew:26:8 @ On seeing this, the disciples were indignant and said, "Why this waste?

riversident@Matthew:26:9 @ This could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor."

riversident@Matthew:26:10 @ But Jesus observed it and said,

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riversident@Matthew:26:14 @ Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests

riversident@Matthew:26:15 @ and asked, "What will you give me if I betray him to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

riversident@Matthew:26:16 @ And from that moment he kept seeking a favorable time to betray him.

riversident@Matthew:26:17 @ On the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

riversident@Matthew:26:18 @ He answered,

riversident@Matthew:26:19 @ The disciples did as Jesus had instructed them and prepared the Passover.

riversident@Matthew:26:20 @ When evening had come, he was reclining at table with the twelve disciples.

riversident@Matthew:26:21 @ While they were eating, he said,

riversident@Matthew:26:22 @ Greatly grieved, they began to ask him, each in turn, "It is not I, Master?"

riversident@Matthew:26:23 @ He answered,

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riversident@Matthew:26:25 @ Then Judas the traitor asked, "It is not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied,

riversident@Matthew:26:26 @ While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it and broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying,

riversident@Matthew:26:27 @ Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks gave it to them, saying,

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riversident@Matthew:26:30 @ After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

riversident@Matthew:26:31 @ Then Jesus said to them,

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riversident@Matthew:26:33 @ Peter answered him, "Though all stumble and fail you, I never will stumble and fail."

riversident@Matthew:26:34 @ Jesus said to him,

riversident@Matthew:26:35 @ Peter said to him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will not disown you." And so said all of the disciples.

riversident@Matthew:26:36 @ Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples,

riversident@Matthew:26:37 @ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

riversident@Matthew:26:38 @ He said to them,

riversident@Matthew:26:39 @ Then he went a little farther and fell on his face and prayed,

riversident@Matthew:26:40 @ Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,

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riversident@Matthew:26:42 @ Again a second time he went away and prayed,

riversident@Matthew:26:43 @ He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

riversident@Matthew:26:44 @ So he left them and went away again and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.

riversident@Matthew:26:45 @ Then he came to the disciples and said to them,

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riversident@Matthew:26:47 @ While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, sent by the high priests and elders of the people.

riversident@Matthew:26:48 @ The traitor had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is he. Arrest him."

riversident@Matthew:26:49 @ Immediately he came up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and kissed him affectionately.

riversident@Matthew:26:50 @ Jesus said to him, Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and arrested him.

riversident@Matthew:26:51 @ Suddenly one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the High Priest, cutting off his ear.

riversident@Matthew:26:52 @ Jesus said to him,

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riversident@Matthew:26:55 @ Jesus said to the crowd,

riversident@Matthew:26:56 @ Then all the disciples left him and fled.

riversident@Matthew:26:57 @ The men who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had assembled.

riversident@Matthew:26:58 @ Peter followed him at a distance as far as the court of the High Priest, and went in and sat among the attendants to see the end.

riversident@Matthew:26:59 @ The high priests and the whole council sought for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

riversident@Matthew:26:60 @ But they did not find any, although many false witnesses came. Finally, two came forward

riversident@Matthew:26:61 @ and said, "This man said, 'I can pull down the Temple of God and in three days build it up again.' "

riversident@Matthew:26:62 @ The High Priest rose and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is it that these are testifying to against you?"

riversident@Matthew:26:63 @ But Jesus kept silence. The High Priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

riversident@Matthew:26:64 @ Jesus said to him,

riversident@Matthew:26:65 @ Then the High Priest rent his garments, saying, "Impious words! Why do we any longer need witnesses? See, you have now heard his impious words.

riversident@Matthew:26:66 @ What do you think?" They answered, "He deserves death."

riversident@Matthew:26:67 @ Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Some slapped him,

riversident@Matthew:26:68 @ saying, "Act the prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you? "

riversident@Matthew:26:69 @ Peter was sitting outside in the court. A maid came up to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

riversident@Matthew:26:70 @ But he denied it before all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."

riversident@Matthew:26:71 @ When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

riversident@Matthew:26:72 @ Then again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the man."

riversident@Matthew:26:73 @ After a little those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, "Truly you are one of them, for your accent proves it."

riversident@Matthew:26:74 @ Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man." Immediately the cock crew, and

riversident@Matthew:26:75 @ Peter remembered what Jesus had said, and he went out and wept bitterly.

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