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They were delighted when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

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

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

They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, "Surely not I?"

While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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

They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed."

And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to say in reply to Him.

And they laid hands on Him and arrested Him.

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.

They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes gathered together.

Now the chief priests and the entire Council were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

"You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?" And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.

Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders, scribes, and the entire Council immediately held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate.

Now the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort.

And they dressed Him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;

and they began saluting Him: "Hail, King of the Jews!"

And they repeatedly beat His head with a reed and spit on Him, and kneeling, they bowed down before Him.