14:1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
14:2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
14:3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
14:4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
14:5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
14:6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.
14:7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
14:8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
14:9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
14:10 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
14:11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
14:12 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"
14:13 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
14:14 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
14:15 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."
14:16 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
14:17 When it was evening he came with the twelve.
14:18 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me--he who eats with me."
14:19 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"
14:20 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.
14:21 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
14:22 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."
14:23 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
14:24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
14:25 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God."
14:26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
14:27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7}
14:28 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
14:29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."
14:30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
14:31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing.
14:32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
14:33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.
14:34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."
14:35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
14:36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
14:37 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?
14:38 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
14:39 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
14:40 Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
14:41 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
14:43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
14:44 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."
14:45 When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.
14:46 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.
14:47 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
14:48 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?
14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
14:50 They all left him, and fled.
14:51 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
14:52 but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
14:53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
14:54 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
14:55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
14:56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.
14:57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
14:58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
14:59 Even so, their testimony did not agree.
14:60 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"
14:61 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
14:62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
14:63 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?
14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
14:65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
14:66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
14:67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
14:69 The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."
14:70 But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
14:71 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"
14:72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.
Ephesians 3
3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
3:2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
3:3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
3:4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
3:5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
3:6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
3:7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
3:9 and to make all men see what is the administration{TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"} of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
3:10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
3:11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
3:12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
3:13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
3:14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
3:19 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
3:20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
3:21 to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 4
4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
4:2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
4:3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
4:7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."{Psalm 68:18}
4:9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
4:11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds{or, pastors} and teachers;
4:12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
4:14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
4:15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
4:16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
4:18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
4:19 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20 But you did not learn Christ that way;
4:21 if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
4:22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
4:25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
4:26 "Be angry, and don't sin."{Psalm 4:4} Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,
4:27 neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
4:29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
4:30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
