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And on the first day of unleavened cakes, on which the Jews slay the passover, his disciples said to him: Where wilt thou that we go, and prepare for thee to eat the passover?

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them: Go ye to the city, and behold, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water. Go ye after him,

And his disciples went, and entered the city, and found as he had told them: and they made ready the passover.

And when it was evening, he came with his twelve.

And Jesus said to them: All of you will this night be stumbled in me: for it is written, " I will smite the shepherd, and his sheep will be scattered."

And they came to the place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.

And one of them that stood by, drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then his disciples left him and fled.

And the high priest rent his tunic, and said: What need of witnesses have we, any more?

Behold, from his own mouth ye have heard blasphemy. How doth it appear to you? And they all decided, that he deserved to die.

And some began to spit in his face, and to buffet him, saying: Prophesy thou. And the servants smote him on the cheeks.

And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.

And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him.

And having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him.

And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross.

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take.

And the cause of his death was written in the inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And they crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

And so also the chief priests, jeering one with another, and the Scribes, said: He gave life to others, his own life he cannot save.

And when he learned it, he gave his body to Joseph.