Matthew:26:47-56

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* And while he was yet speaking , behold , Judas , one of the twelve , came , and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks from the chief priests and elders of the people . * Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign , saying , Whomsoever I shall kiss , he it is : seize him . * And immediately coming up to Jesus he said , Hail , Rabbi , and covered him with kisses . * But Jesus said to him , [My ] friend , for what purpose art thou come ? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him . * And behold , one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword , and smiting the bondman of the high priest took off his ear . * Then saith Jesus to him , Return thy sword to its place ; for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword . * Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father , and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels ? * How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be ? * In that hour Jesus said to the crowds , Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me ? I sat daily [with you ] teaching in the temple , and ye did not seize me . * But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled . Then all the disciples left him and fled .

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