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the leader should be like a servant. 27 Who is
more important, the one who sits at the table
or the one who serves? The one who sits at the
table, of course. But not here! For I am among
you as one who serves.
28 “You have stayed with me in my time of
trial. 29 And just as my Father has granted me
a Kingdom, I now grant you the right 30 to eat
and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you
will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Israel.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each
of you like wheat. 32 But I have pleaded in prayer
for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail.
So when you have repented and turned to me
again, strengthen your brothers.”
33 Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison
with you, and even to die with you.”
34 But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even
know me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you
out to preach the Good News and you did not
have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of
sandals, did you need anything?”
“No,” they replied.
36 “But now,” he said, “take your money and
a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword,
sell your cloak and buy one! 37 For the time has
come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled:
‘He was counted among the rebels.’* Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will
come true.”
38 “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two
swords among us.”
“That’s enough,” he said.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus
left the upstairs room and went as usual to the
Mount of Olives. 40 There he told them, “Pray
that you will not give in to temptation.”
41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and
knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are
willing, please take this cup of suffering away
from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not
mine.” 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared
and strengthened him. 44 He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that
his sweat fell to the ground like great drops
of blood.*
45 At last he stood up again and returned
to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief. 46 “Why are you sleeping?”
he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you
will not give in to temptation.”
22:37 Isa 53:12. 22:43-44 Verses 43 and 44 are not included
in the most ancient manuscripts. 22:66 Greek before their
Sanhedrin.
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Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
47 But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him
with a kiss. 48 But Jesus said, “Judas, would you
betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49 When the other disciples saw what was
about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should
we fight? We brought the swords!” 50 And one of
them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing
off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he
touched the man’s ear and healed him.
52 Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the
captains of the Temple guard, and the elders
who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous
revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with
swords and clubs to arrest me? 53 Why didn’t
you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every
day. But this is your moment, the time when the
power of darkness reigns.”
Peter Denies Jesus
54 So they arrested him and led him to the high
priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance.
55 The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them
there. 56 A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said,
“This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”
57 But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said,
“I don’t even know him!”
58 After a while someone else looked at him
and said, “You must be one of them!”
“No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.
59 About an hour later someone else insisted,
“This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”
60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you
are talking about.” And immediately, while he
was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
61 At that moment the Lord turned and looked
at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed
through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows
tomorrow morning, you will deny three times
that you even know me.” 62 And Peter left the
courtyard, weeping bitterly.
63 The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him
and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that
time?” 65 And they hurled all sorts of terrible
insults at him.
Jesus before the Council
66 At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the
teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before
this high council,* 67 and they said, “Tell us, are
you the Messiah?”
But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe
me. 68 And if I ask you a question, you won’t