I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

But Jesus said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.