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And a poor widow came and put in two lepta coins, which amount to a quadrans.

"But be on your guard; for they will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

"For those days will be such a time of tribulation as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will again.

"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there will be a riot of the people."

While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the Leper, He was reclining at the table, and a woman came with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a good deed for Me.

And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him;

"And he himself will show you a large upstairs room furnished and ready; prepare for us there."

While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times."

They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed."

And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began praying that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.

And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came up, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who were from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away under guard."

And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a man inciting a revolt?

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.