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"But in those days, after [the suffering and distress of] that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

"Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

"But of that [exact] day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.

but they were saying, "Not during the festival, for the people might riot."

But there were some who were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted?

But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why are you bothering her and causing trouble? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me.

"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do something good to them; but you will not always have Me.

"For the Son of Man goes [to the cross] just as it is written [in Scripture] of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

"But after I have been raised [from the dead], I will go ahead of you to Galilee."

But Peter said to Him, "Even if they all fall away [and desert You, ashamed and afraid of being associated with You], yet I will not [do so]!"

But Peter kept saying insistently, "If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all were saying the same thing as well.

He was saying, "Abba, Father! All things are possible for You; take this cup [of judgment] away from Me; but not what I will, but what You will."

"Keep [actively] watching and praying so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

But one of the bystanders [Simon Peter] drew his sword and struck [Malchus] the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

"Day after day I was with you, teaching in the [courts and porches of the] temple, and you did not seize Me; but this has happened so that the Scriptures would be fulfilled."

But pulling free of the linen sheet, he escaped [from them] naked.

Now the chief priests and the entire Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus [which they could use] to have Him [condemned and] executed, but they were not finding any.

For many [people] were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimonies were not consistent.

But Jesus kept silent and gave no answer at all. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, "Are You the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the Blessed One?"

But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." Then he went out [of the courtyard] to the porch, and a rooster crowed.