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And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said to them, Occupy till I come.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.

And it came to pass, when he had come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, who should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother should die, having a wife, and he should die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

Then in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples,

Then said he to them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] sack: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground.

And when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow:

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

And they said, What need have we of any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

And Herod with his troops set him at naught, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off beholding these things.

And the women also, who came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

And they remembered his words,