Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied, “You have said it yourself.”

Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”

But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!”

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?