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For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.

And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"

And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.

And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

And they laid hands on him and seized him.

And they all left him and fled.

And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."