Matthew:26

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* When Jesus had finished telling all these things , he talked to his disciples . * He said , You know that after two days it will be time for the Passover Feast . The Son of Man will be given over to his enemies to be nailed to a cross . * Then at that time the chief priests and the leaders of the people met together in the house of the high priest . His name was Caiaphas . * They planned how to catch Jesus by some trick and have him killed . * 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 the house of Simon , a man who had leprosy , a bad skin disease . * 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 put the oil on Jesus head . * When the disciples saw this , they were angry . They said , Why was the oil wasted like that ? * The oil might have been sold for much money . Then the money could have been given to poor people . * When Jesus heard it , he said to them , Why do you trouble the woman ? She has done a good thing to me . * You will always have poor people with you . But I will not always be with you . * 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 . * Then Judas Iscariot , one of the twelve disciples , went to the chief priests . * He said , What will you give me if I help you catch Jesus ? They gave him thirty pieces of silver money . * And from then on , Judas watched for a good way to help them catch Jesus . Supper * It was the first day of the feast with bread that has no yeast in it . The disciples came to Jesus and asked , Where do you want us to make ready for you to eat the Passover Feast ? * He said , Go into the city to a certain man . Say to him , "The Teacher says , My time is near . I will come to your house with my disciples to eat the Passover Feast ." * The disciples did what Jesus told them . They made the Passover food ready . * When evening came , Jesus sat down to eat with the twelve disciples . * As they were eating , Jesus said , I tell you the truth . One of you will give me over to people who hate me . * They were very sad and troubled . One after the other they began to say to him , Lord , is it I ? * Jesus answered them , The man who is putting his hand in the dish with me is the one who will give me over . * The Son of Man will go away 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 ! * Judas was the one who would give Jesus over to the people who hated him . He said , Master , is it I ? Jesus said , Yes , it is . * As they were eating , Jesus took some bread . He thanked God for it and broke it . 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 the disciples and said , All of you drink from this . * This is my blood . My blood is the blood of the new agreement . It is given so that many people will be forgiven for the wrong things they did . * I tell you this . I will not drink any of the juice of the fruit of the vine again , until I drink some of it new with you in my Fathers kingdom . * They sang a song and then went out to the hill called the Mount of Olives . * Then 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 night , before the cock calls , 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 ! All the disciples said the same thing . * Then Jesus came to a place called Gethsemane . He said to his disciples , Sit down here . I will go over there and talk with God . * He took Peter and Zebedees two sons 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 with me . * Jesus went on a little further . He bowed down with his face to the ground . He talked to God and said , My Father , if it can be , let this cup of trouble pass by me . But do not do what I want . May what you want be done . * Jesus went back to the disciples and found them sleeping . He said to Peter , What ? Could you not watch with me for one hour ? * 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 . He talked to God and said , My Father , if you do not want this cup to pass by me , but you want me to drink it , I will do what you want . * Jesus went back again and found the disciples sleeping . They could not keep their eyes open . * He left them and went away again . He talked with God the third time and said the same words . * Then he went back to his disciples and said to them , Are you still sleeping and resting ? 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 ! * As Jesus 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 and the leaders of the people 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 hold him . * Right then he went to Jesus and said , Greetings , Master ! And he kissed him . * Jesus said to him , Friend , why have you come ? Then the men came and caught Jesus and held him . * One of the men who was with Jesus took his sword in his hand . He hit the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear . * Then Jesus said to him , Put your sword back in its place . All people who fight with a sword will be killed by a sword . * Do you think that I cannot talk to my Father , and he would send me right now more than twelve armies of angels ? * But then , how would Gods word come true ? The holy writings say that this is the way it must be . * At that same time Jesus said to the people , Have you come to take me with swords and sticks as you would a man who steals ? Every day I sat with you in the temple and taught . But you did not try to catch me then . * All this happened so that what the prophets said in the holy writings would come true . Then all the disciples left Jesus and ran away . * The men who caught Jesus took him to Caiaphas , the high priest . The scribes and the leaders had met at his house . * Peter followed Jesus a long way behind . He went as far as the yard of the high priests house . He sat down with the people who worked for the high priest . He wanted to see how this would end . * 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 nothing . Many people came and said things that were not true . At last two men came . * They said , This man said , "I can break down Gods temple and build it again in three days ." * The high priest stood up . He said to 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 said to him , I ask you in the name of the living God . Tell us . Are you the Christ , the Son of God ? * Jesus answered him , Yes , I am . Also I tell you that after this 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 in the sky ! * Then the high priest tore his clothes and said , What he has said is wrong ! We do not need any more proof against him . You have heard the wrong thing he said . * What do you think ? They said , He should be killed . * Then they spat on Jesus face and hit him . Others slapped him with their hands . * They said , Christ , tell us , if you know who hit you ! * Peter sat out in the yard . A servant girl came to him and said , You were also with Jesus of Galilee . * But Peter said in front of them all , I do not know what you are talking about . * Peter went out to the gate . There , another servant-girl saw him . She said to the others around there , This man was also with Jesus of Nazareth . * Peter said some bad words and then said , I do not know the man . * A little later , those standing around came to Peter and said , Surely you are one of them also . We know it by the way you talk . * Then Peter began to say even more bad words . He said , I do not know the man ! Right then , a cock called . * Then Peter remembered that Jesus had said , Before the cock calls , you will say three times that you do not know me . Then Peter went out and cried very much .

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