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 \v 5 It could have been sold for almost a year's wages and then the money could have been given to poor people!" So they scolded her.
 
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 \v 6 But Jesus said, "Stop scolding her! She has done to me what I consider to be very appropriate. So you should not bother her!
 \v 7 You will always have poor people among you. So you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be here with you much longer.
 \v 8 It is appropriate that she has done what she could do. It is as if she had known that I was going to die soon, because she has anointed my body ahead of time so that it is ready for burial.
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 \v 12 On the first day of the festival that they call Unleavened Bread, when they kill the lambs for the Passover, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover Celebration so that we can eat it?"
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 \v 13 So Jesus chose two of his disciples to prepare everything. He said to them, "Go into Jerusalem. A man will meet you, who will be carrying a large jar full of water. Follow him.
 \v 14 When he enters a house, say to the man who owns the house, 'Our teacher wants us to prepare the meal of the Passover Celebration so that he can eat it with us his disciples. Please show us the room.'
 
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 \v 17 When it was evening, Jesus arrived at that house with the twelve disciples.
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 \v 18 As they were all sitting there and eating, Jesus said, "Listen carefully to this: One of you will make it possible for my enemies to arrest me. It is one of you who is eating with me right now!"
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 \v 19 The disciples became very sad and they said to him one by one, "Surely it is not I?"
 
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 \v 20 Then he said to them, "It is one of you twelve disciples, the one who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me.
 \v 21 It is certain that I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what has been written about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who betrays me! In fact, he would have been better off if he had never been born!"
 
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 \v 28 But after God makes me alive again, I will go ahead of you to the district of Galilee and meet you there."
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 \v 29 Then Peter said to him, "Perhaps all the other disciples will leave you, but I will not! I will not leave you!"
 
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 \v 30 Then Jesus said to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows two times, you will say about me three times, that you do not know me.
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 \v 31 But Peter replied strongly, "Even if they kill me, I will not say that I do not know you." And all the other disciples said the same thing.
 
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 \v 43 While he was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to capture him. A crowd who carried swords and clubs was with him. The leaders of the Jewish council had sent them.
 \v 44 Judas, who was betraying Jesus, had previously told this crowd, "The man whom I kiss is the one whom you want. When I kiss him, seize him and lead him away."
-\v 45 So, when Judas arrived, he immediately went to Jesus and said, "My teacher!" Then he kissed Jesus.
+\v 45 So when Judas arrived, he immediately went to Jesus and said, "My teacher!" Then he kissed Jesus.
 \v 46 Then the crowd seized Jesus.
 
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 \v 47 But one of the disciples who was standing nearby drew his sword. He struck the servant of the high priest with it, but he only cut off his ear.
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 \v 48-49 Jesus said to them, "It is ridiculous that you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a robber! Day after day I was with you in the temple courtyard teaching the people! Why did you not arrest me then? But this is happening so that what the prophets have written in the scriptures about me may come true."
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 \v 50 All the disciples at once left him and ran away.
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 \v 55 The chief priests and all the rest of the Jewish council were looking for evidence against Jesus that would be strong enough to put him to death. But they did not find any evidence that would require the officials to put him to death.
-\v 56 Many other people told lies about Jesus, but the statements they made did not agree with each other. And so, their statements were not strong enough to make a charge against Jesus.
+\v 56 Many other people told lies about Jesus, but the statements they made did not agree with each other. And so their statements were not strong enough to make a charge against Jesus.
 
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 \v 57 Finally, some stood up and accused him falsely by saying,
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 \v 60 Then the high priest himself stood up in front of them and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to reply? What do you say about all the things that they are saying in order to accuse you?"
 \v 61 But Jesus was silent and did not reply. Then the high priest tried again. He asked him, "Are you the Christ? Do you say that you are the Son of the only God that we should praise?"
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 \v 62 Jesus said, "I am. Furthermore, you will see me, the Son of Man, ruling beside God, the only God who is completely powerful. You will also see me coming with the clouds of heaven, as the scriptures predicted that the Christ would return!"
 
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 \v 63 When Jesus said this, the high priest tore his own outer garment in protest, and the high priest said, "Do we need more witnesses to testify against this man? 
 \v 64 You have heard his blasphemy! He claims to be God!" They all agreed that Jesus was guilty and that he deserved to be put to death.
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 \v 65 Then some of them began spitting on Jesus. They put a blindfold on him, and then they began striking him and saying to him, "If you are a prophet, tell us who hit you!" And those who were guarding Jesus struck him with their hands.
 
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 \v 66 While Peter was outside in the courtyard of the high priest's house, one of the girls who worked for the high priest came near him.
 \v 67 When she saw Peter warming himself beside the fire, she looked at him closely. Then she said, "You also were with Jesus, that man from Nazareth!"
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 \v 68 But he denied it by saying, "I do not know what you are talking about! I understand nothing of it!" Then he went away from there to the gate of the courtyard.
 
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 \v 69 The servant girl saw him there and said again to the people who were standing nearby, "This man is one of those who have been with that man they arrested."
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 \v 70 But he denied it again. After a little while, those who were standing there said to Peter again, "You also are from Galilee. So it is certain that you are one of those who accompanied Jesus!"
 
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 \v 71 But he began to say that God could punish him if he were not telling the truth; he said, "I do not know the man that you are talking about!"
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 \v 72 Immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him earlier: "Before the rooster crows a second time, you will deny three times that you know me." When he realized that he had denied him three times, he started crying.
 
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 \v 12 Pilate said to them again, "If I release Barabbas, what do you want me to do with your king?"
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 \v 13 Then they shouted back, "Crucify him!"
 
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-\v 14 Then Pilate said to them, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
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+\v 14 Then Pilate said to them, "Why? What crime has he committed?" 
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 \v 15 So because Pilate wanted to please the crowd, he released Barabbas to them. Then his soldiers flogged Jesus; after that, Pilate told them to take him away and crucify him.
 
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 \v 30 If you could do that, then rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!"
 
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 \v 31 The chief priests, along with the men who taught the Jewish laws, also wanted to make fun of Jesus. So they said to each other, "He has saved others from trouble, but he cannot save himself!
 \v 32 He said, 'I am the Christ.' He also said, 'I am the King who rules the people of Israel.' If his words are true, he should be able to bring himself down from the cross! Then we will see how great he is and we will believe him!" The two men who were crucified beside him cursed him again and again.
 
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 \v 33 At noon the whole land became dark, and it stayed dark until three o'clock in the afternoon.
 \v 34 At three o'clock Jesus shouted loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" That means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?"
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 \v 35 When some of the people who were standing there heard the word 'Eloi', they misunderstood it and said, "Listen! He is calling for the prophet Elijah!"
 
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 \v 36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He placed it on the tip of a reed, and then held it up to try to get Jesus to suck on it. He said, "Wait! Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down from the cross!"
 \v 37 And then Jesus shouted loudly, stopped breathing, and died.
 \v 38 At that moment the curtain in the temple sanctuary split into two pieces from top to bottom.
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 \v 39 The officer who supervised the soldiers who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing in front of Jesus. When he saw how Jesus had died, he exclaimed, "Truly, this man was the Son of God!"
 \v 40-41 There were also some women there; they were watching these events from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus when he was in Galilee, and they had provided what he needed. They had come with him to Jerusalem. Among those women was Mary from Magdala. There was another Mary, who was the mother of the younger James and of Joses. There was also Salome.
 
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 \v 4 After they arrived, they looked up and saw that someone had rolled away the stone, which was very large.
 
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 \v 5 They entered the tomb and saw an angel who looked like a young man. He was sitting at the right side of the cave. He was wearing a white robe. As a result, they were astonished.
 \v 6 The young man said to them, "Do not be astonished! I know that you are looking for Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross and crucified. But he has become alive again! He is not here! Look! Here is the place where they placed his body.
 \v 7 Go and tell his disciples. Particularly be sure that you tell Peter. Tell them, 'Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee, and you will see him there, just like he told you previously'!"