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So Jesus said, "Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God." And they were amazed at Jesus.

"Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.'

For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

They take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers. Their punishment will be all the worse!"

"Tell us when this will be," they said, "and tell us what will happen to show that the time has come for all these things to take place."

Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!' and they will fool many people.

And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry ahead of time about what you are going to say; when the time comes, say whatever is then given to you. For the words you speak will not be yours; they will come from the Holy Spirit.

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" And they criticized her harshly.

They were pleased to hear what he had to say, and promised to give him money. So Judas started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.

The disciples left, went to the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.

While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. "Take it," he said, "this is my body."

Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and handed it to them; and they all drank from it.

Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

They came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

Then he came back to the disciples and found them asleep; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to say to him.

So they arrested Jesus and held him tight.

The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they could not find any.

The High Priest stood up in front of them all and questioned Jesus, "Have you no answer to the accusation they bring against you?"