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After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

But his master answered, ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

"Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

He answered, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"