<t /><p class="bodytext">Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> were trying to find a way<n id="2" /> to arrest Jesus<n id="3" /> by stealth and kill him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, &#8220;Take it. This is my body.&#8221;

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.<n id="1" /> And they did not know what to tell him.

(Now the betrayer<n id="1" /> had given them a sign, saying, &#8220;The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.&#8221;)<n id="2" />

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet<n id="1" /> you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that<n id="2" /> the scriptures would be fulfilled.&#8221;

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, &#8220;You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> Pilate asked him, &#8220;Are you the king<n id="2" /> of the Jews?&#8221; He replied,<n id="3" /> &#8220;You say so.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Now when the centurion,<n id="1" /> who stood in front of him, saw how he died,<n id="2" /> he said, &#8220;Truly this man was God&#8217;s Son!&#8221;

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses,<n id="1" /> and Salome.

When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support.<n id="1" /> Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> were there too.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, &#8220;What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons.<n id="2" /> But<n id="3" /> he would not permit the demons to speak,<n id="4" /> because they knew him.<n id="5" />p>

But as the man<n id="1" /> went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus<n id="2" /> was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still<n id="3" /> they kept coming<n id="4" /> to him from everywhere.p>

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof<n id="1" /> above Jesus.<n id="2" /> Then,<n id="3" /> after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

As Jesus<n id="1" /> was having a meal<n id="2" /> in Levi&#8217;s<n id="3" /> home, many tax collectors<n id="4" /> and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> John&#8217;s<n id="2" /> disciples and the Pharisees<n id="3" /> were fasting.<n id="4" /> So<n id="5" /> they came to Jesus<n id="6" /> and said, &#8220;Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don&#8217;t fast?&#8221;

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The wedding guests<n id="2" /> cannot fast while the bridegroom<n id="3" /> is with them, can they?<n id="4" /> As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest<n id="1" /> and ate the sacred bread,<n id="2" /> which is against the law<n id="3" /> for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?&#8221;<n id="4" />