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This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Then Jesus said to them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. "Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter.

"Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping-for their eyes were heavy.

"Friend," Jesus replied, "do what you came for." Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.

"Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him. "For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. "Surely you are one of them," they said, "for your accent gives you away."

After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me."

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him."

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

"A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.'"

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.