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The Gospel of Luke 22

22 It was now almost time for the Celebration of Unleavened Bread, which people also called the Passover. 2 The chief priests and the teachers of the Jewish laws were looking for a way to have Jesus killed without starting a riot among the many people who thought he was a great man.

3 Then Satan entered into Judas, whose other name was Iscariot. He was one of the Twelve Representatives. 4 He went and talked with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard about how he might help them capture Jesus. 5 They were very pleased when he offered to do that. They said they would pay him money if he did it. 6 So Judas agreed, and then he started looking for a way to help them capture Jesus where the crowd would not see it.

7 Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came. This was the day when Jewish people had to kill the lambs that they would eat for the Passover celebration. 8 So Jesus sent Peter and John out with these instructions: “Go and prepare the meal for the Passover celebration so that we can all eat it together.” 9 They replied to him, “Where do you want us to prepare the meal?” 10 He answered, “Listen carefully. When you go into the city, a man carrying a large jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters. 11 Say to the owner of the house, ‘Our teacher says to show us the room where he can eat the Passover meal together with us, his disciples.’ 12 He will show you a large room that is on the upper floor of the house. It will be all ready for entertaining guests. Prepare the meal for us there.” 13 So the two disciples went into the city. They found everything to be just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the meal for the Passover celebration there.

14 When it was time to eat the meal, Jesus came and sat down with the Representatives. 15 He said to them, “I have wanted very much to eat this special Passover supper with you before I die. 16 I tell you, the next time I eat it will be when God gives it its deepest meaning when he rules everywhere as king.” 17 Then he took a cup of wine and thanked God for it. He told them, “Take this wine and share it among yourselves. 18 I want you to do this because, I tell you, I will not drink wine again until God rules everywhere as king.” 19 Then he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces and gave it to them to eat. As he did so, he said, “This bread is my body, which I am about to sacrifice for you. Do this again later to honor me.” 20 In the same way, after they had eaten the meal, he took the cup of wine and said, “This is the new covenant that I will make using my own blood, which will flow out of my wounds for you when I die. 21 But I want you all to know that the person who will hand me over to my enemies is here eating with me. 22 I say this because I, the Son of Man, will indeed die in the way that God has planned. But how terrible it will be for the man who hands me over to my enemies!” 23 Then they all began to ask each other which of them would actually be prepared to betray Jesus.

24 After that, they began to argue among themselves about which one of them they should think was the most important person. 25 Jesus responded to them, “The kings of the Gentile nations like to show people that they are powerful. Yet they give themselves the name ‘Ones Who Help the People.’ 26 But you should not be like those rulers! Instead, the most honored people among you should act as if they were the least honored ones. Anyone who leads must act like a servant. 27 For you know that the important person is the one who eats at the table, not the servant who brings the food. But I, your leader, have been setting an example for you by serving you while I have been among you

28 You are the people who have stayed with me during all the hard things I have suffered. 29 So now I am appointing you to important positions in which you will rule, just as my Father has appointed me to rule as a king. 30 You will sit and eat and drink with me when I become king. In fact, you will sit on thrones and judge the people of the 12 tribes of Israel.”

31 “Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has asked God to let him test all of you, the way someone shakes grain in a sieve, and God has permitted him to do that. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon. I have asked God that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you decide that you truly do believe in me, encourage the others to believe in me as well.” 33 Peter replied to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison. I am even willing to die with you!” 34 Jesus replied, “Peter, I want you to know that this night, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!”

35 Then Jesus asked the disciples, “When I sent you out to the villages, and you went without any money, food, or sandals, was there anything you needed but could not get?” They replied, “No, there was nothing!” 36 Then Jesus said, “But, now, if anyone among you has some money, he should take it with him. Also, whoever has food should take it with him. And whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy one!” 37 I tell you this because what a prophet wrote about me in the Scriptures must take place: ‘People treated him like a criminal.’ Everything the Scriptures say about me is going to happen. 38 The disciples replied, “Lord, look! We have two swords!” He answered, “We will not need more than two.”

39 Jesus left the city and went to the Mount of Olives, as he usually did. His disciples went with him. 40 When Jesus came with his disciples to the place where he often spent the night, he said to them, “Pray that God will help you not to sin when you are tempted.” 41 Then he went about 30 meters from them, knelt down, and prayed. 42 He said, “Father, if you are willing, please allow me not to experience the terrible things that are about to happen. But do not do what I want. Do what you want.” 43 [fn] [Then an angel from heaven came to him and gave him courage. 44 [fn] He was suffering greatly. So he prayed very intensely. His sweat was falling to the ground like large drops of blood.] 45 When Jesus got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He discovered that they were sleeping. They were very sad and this had made them tired. 46 He woke them up and said to them, “This is no time for you to be sleeping! Get up! Pray that God will help you so that nothing tempts you to sin.”

47 While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd of people came to him. Judas, one of the Twelve Representatives, was guiding them. He came up to Jesus to greet him with a kiss on the cheek. 48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, how dare you use a kiss to hand me, the Son of Man, over to my enemies!” 49 When the disciples realized what was happening, they said, “Lord, should we use our weapons to keep them from arresting you?” 50 One of them drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, but only cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus said, “Do not do any more of that!” Then he touched the servant where he had been wounded and healed him.52-53 52-53Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guards, and the Jewish elders who had come to arrest him, “It is surprising that you have come here with swords and clubs to arrest me, as if I were a robber. For many days I was with you in the temple, but you did not try to arrest me at all! But this is the time you are doing what you want. It is also the time when Satan is doing the evil things as he wants to do.”

54 The Jewish leaders and soldiers seized Jesus and led him away. They brought him to the high priest’s house. Peter followed them from a safe distance far behind. 55 Some people lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter came and sat among them. 56 A female servant saw Peter sitting there as the fire shone upon him. She looked at him carefully and said, “This man was also with the one they have arrested!” 57 But he denied it, saying, “Young lady, I do not know him!” 58 A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!” But Peter said, “No, mister, I am not one of them!” 59 About an hour later someone else said loudly, “The way that this man speaks shows that he is from the region of Galilee. So he must certainly have come here with the man they arrested!” 60 But Peter said, “Mister, that is not true!” Immediately a rooster crowed, while Peter was still speaking. 61 Jesus turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “This night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you know me.” 62 And he went out of the courtyard and cried with great sorrow.

63 The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him. 64 They put a blindfold on him so he could not see and then took turns hitting him. They said to him, “Show us that you are a prophet! Tell us who just hit you!” 65 They said many other cruel things about him, mocking him.

66 At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. In this group were the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They had the soldiers bring Jesus into the Jewish council chamber. 67 There they said to him, “If you are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I say that I am the Messiah, you will not believe me. 68 But if I ask you whether you think I am the Messiah, you will not answer me. 69 But from now on, I, the Messiah, will be sitting next to almighty God and ruling!” 70 Then they all asked, “If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?” He answered, “Yes, what you are saying is true.” 71 Then they said to each other, “We ourselves have heard him say that he is equal to God! And so we certainly do not need any more people to testify against him on a charge of blasphemy!”

Some ancient manuscripts include verses 43 and 44.

See the note on the previous verse.

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