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* The Passover Feast and the feast with bread that has no yeast in it was two days later . The chief priests and the scribes planned how to catch Jesus by some trick . They wanted to kill him . * But they said , Let us not do it on the day of the feast . We do not want the people to start fighting about it . * When Jesus was in the town of Bethany , he was in Simons house . Simon had leprosy . While Jesus sat at the table , a woman came to him . She had a bottle of oil . It smelled very nice and cost much money . She broke the bottle and poured the oil on Jesus head . * Some people there were angry . They said , Why was this oil wasted like that ? * The oil might have been sold for a lot of money . Then the money could have been given to poor people . They said to the woman , You should not have done this ! * But Jesus said , Leave the woman alone . Why do you trouble her ? She has done a good thing to me . * You will always have poor people with you . Any time you want to , you can do good to them . But I will not always be with you . * She has done what she could . She has put oil on my body to make me ready to be buried . * I tell you the truth . Any place in the whole world where people tell the good news , people will also tell what she has done . People will remember her because of it . * Judas Iscariot , one of the twelve disciples , went to the chief priests . He told them how he could help them catch Jesus . * They were glad when they heard that . They promised to give him money . So he watched for a good way to help them catch Jesus . * It was the first day of the feast with bread that has no yeast in it . The sheep had to be killed for the Passover Feast . His disciples asked Jesus Where do you want us to make ready for you to eat the Passover Feast ? * He sent two of his disciples and said to them , Go into the city . There you will meet a man who is carrying a pot of water . Follow him . * When he goes into a house , talk to the master of the house . Say to him , "The Teacher says , Where is my room where I can eat the Passover Feast with my disciples ?" * The man will show you a large room upstairs . It will be all fixed up and ready . Get the Passover food ready for us there . * The disciples went to the city . They found everything just as he had said . There they made the Passover food ready . * In the evening he came with the twelve disciples . * While they were sitting at the table eating , Jesus said , I tell you the truth . One of you who is eating with me will give me over to people who hate me . * They were sad and troubled . One after the other began to say to him , Lord , is it I ? * Jesus answered them , It is one of you twelve . It is the one who puts his hand in the same dish with me . * The Son of Man will go just as the holy writings tell about him . But the man who gives him over will have trouble . It would have been better for that man if he had not been born ! * As they were eating , Jesus took some bread . He thanked God for it and broke it . Then he gave it to the disciples and said , Take this bread and eat it . It is my body . * He also took a cup . He thanked God for it . Then he gave it to them . They all drank some of it . * Then he said to them , This is my blood . It is given for many people . It makes the agreement strong . * I tell you the truth . I will not drink any of the fruit of the vine again until I drink some of it new in the kingdom of God . * They sang a song and then went out to the hill called Olives . * Jesus said to them , All of you will leave me this night . the holy writings say , "I will kill the one who takes care of the sheep . And the sheep will run away ." * But after I am raised from death , I will go to Galilee to meet you . * Peter said , Even if all the others leave you , I will never leave you . * Jesus said , I tell you the truth . This very night , before the cock calls two times , you will say three times that you do not know me . * Peter said , Even if I must die with you , I will never say I do not know you ! They all said the same thing . * Then they came to a place called Gethsemane . Jesus said to his disciples , Sit here . I will go and talk with God . * He took Peter , James , and John along with him . Jesus began to be sad and troubled . * He said to them , My heart is very sad . I am almost dying ! Stay here and watch . * Jesus went on a little farther . He fell on the ground and asked God that , if it could be so , this big trouble might pass by him . * He said , Oh , my Father , you can do all things . Take this cup away from me . But do not do what I want , but what you want . * Jesus went back and found the disciples sleeping . He said to Peter , Simon , are you sleeping ? Could you not watch one hour ? * All of you must watch and talk with God so that you will not do wrong . A persons heart can want to do it , but his body is weak . * Jesus went away again and said the same words to God again . * Jesus went back again and found the disciples sleeping . They could not keep their eyes open . They did not know what to say to Jesus . * Then he went back the third time . He said , Are you still sleeping and resting ?. It is enough . The time has come now . The Son of Man is given over to bad people . * Get up . Let us go . Look , here comes the one who will give me over to people who hate me ! * While he was saying this , Judas came . He was one of the twelve disciples . Many people came with him . They had long knives or swords and big sticks . The chief priests , the scribes , and the leaders had sent them . * The man who was going to help them catch Jesus had told them that he would give them a sign . He said , The man that I kiss is the one . Catch him and take him away safely . * So when he came , he went to Jesus right away . He said , Master ! And he kissed him . * Then they caught Jesus and held him . * One of the men standing by took his sword . He cut off the ear of the high priests servant . * Jesus said , Have you come to take me with knives and sticks the way you would take a man who steals ? * Every day I was with you in the temple and taught . You did not catch me then . But what the holy writings say will come true . * Then all of the disciples left Jesus and ran away . * A young man went with Jesus . He had a piece of cloth about him . The people caught him . * But he left the cloth behind and ran away without any clothes on . * The people took Jesus away to the high priest . All the chief priests , the leaders , and the scribes met there . * Peter followed far behind Jesus . He went into the yard of the high priests house . He sat down with the people who worked for the high priest . He warmed himself by the fire . * The chief priests , and all the judges of the court tried to find men to say Jesus had done something wrong so they could kill him . But they found none . * Many people came and said things that were not true . But one said this thing and the other said that thing . * Then some stood up to talk against Jesus . * They said , We heard him say , "I will break down this temple which people have built with hands . In three days I will build another temple but not with hands ." * Others said , No , that is not what he said . * The high priest stood up among the people and asked Jesus , Have you no answer ? What do you have to say about this ? They have said something against you . * But Jesus said nothing at all . Then the high priest asked him , Are you the Christ , the Son of the Blessed One ? * Jesus answered , Yes , I am . You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the One who has all power . You will see him coming on the clouds of the sky ! * Then the high priest tore his clothes and said , We do not need any more proof against him . * What he has said is wrong ! What do you think ? They all said , He should be killed . * Some people began to spit on him . They covered his face and hit him . They laughed at him and said , Tell us if you know who hit you ! The guards took him away and hit him as they went . * Peter sat out in the yard . A servant girl who worked for the high priest came . * She saw Peter warming himself by the fire . She looked at him and said , You were also with Jesus of Nazareth . * But Peter said , I do not know or understand what you are talking about . Peter went out to the gate . Then a cock called . * A girl saw Peter there and said to the other people standing by , This man is one of them . * But again Peter said he was not . A little while after , those standing around said to Peter , Surely you are one of them also . You come from Galilee . * Then Peter began to curse and say bad words . He said , I do not know this man you are talking about ! * Right then the cock called a second time and Peter remembered that Jesus had said , Before the cock calls two times , you will say three times that you do not know me . Then he broke down and cried .

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