Study Desk

He put some water into a large bowl. Then he began washing his disciples' feet and drying them with the towel he was wearing.

After Jesus had washed his disciples' feet and had put his outer garment back on, he sat down again. Then he said: Do you understand what I have done?

After Jesus had said these things, he was deeply troubled and told his disciples, "I tell you for certain that one of you will betray me."

Jesus said to his disciples, "Don't be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.

Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command.

Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen.

Jesus told his disciples, "For a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me. "

After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you.

When Jesus had finished praying, he and his disciples crossed the Kidron Valley and went into a garden.

Jesus had often met there with his disciples, and Judas knew where the place was.

Simon Peter had brought along a sword. He now pulled it out and struck at the servant of the high priest. The servant's name was Malchus, and Peter cut off his right ear.

The Roman officer and his men, together with the temple police, arrested Jesus and tied him up.

The high priest questioned Jesus about his followers and his teaching.

And so what Jesus said about his death would soon come true.

and he carried his cross to a place known as "The Skull." In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha."

After the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams.

Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too.

When Jesus saw his mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother, "This man is now your son."

Then he said to the disciple, "She is now your mother." From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.