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[it is] as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they slew the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?

And he sends two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.

And his disciples went away and came into the city, and found as he had said to them; and they made ready the passover.

And they come to a place of which the name [is] Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, Sit here while I shall pray.

But a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and took off his ear.

And a certain young man followed him with a linen cloth cast about his naked [body]; and [the young men] seize him;

And the high priest, having rent his clothes, says, What need have we any more of witnesses?

And some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.

And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him.

And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.

And having crucified him, they part his clothes amongst [themselves], casting lots on them, what each one should take.

And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said to you.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.