Luke 22
22The Feast of Unleavened Bread, also called Passover, drew near.G1161G1859G106G1448G3004G39572The high priests and religion scholars were looking for a way to do away with Jesus but, fearful of the people, they were also looking for a way to cover their tracks.G2532G749G2532G1122G2212G4459G337G846G1063G5399G29923That's when Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot. He was one of the Twelve.G1161G1525G4567G1519G2455G1941G2469G5607G1537G706G14274Leaving the others, he conferred with the high priests and the Temple guards about how he might betray Jesus to them.G2532G565G4814G749G2532G4755G4459G3860G846G8465They couldn't believe their good luck and agreed to pay him well.G2532G5463G2532G4934G1325G846G6946He gave them his word and started looking for a way to betray Jesus, but out of sight of the crowd.G2532G1843G2532G2212G2120G3860G846G846G817G37937The Day of Unleavened Bread came, the day the Passover lamb was butchered.G1161G2064G2250G106G1722G3739G3957G1163G23808Jesus sent Peter and John off, saying, "Go prepare the Passover for us so we can eat it together."G2532G649G4074G2532G2491G2036G4198G2090G2254G3957G2443G53159They said, "Where do you want us to do this?"G1161G2036G846G4226G2309G209010He said, "Keep your eyes open as you enter the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him home.G1161G2036G846G2400G5216G1525G1519G4172G4876G444G4876G5213G941G2765G5204G190G846G1519G3614G3757G153111Then speak with the owner of the house: The Teacher wants to know, 'Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'G2532G2046G3617G3614G1320G3004G4671G4226G2076G2646G3699G5315G3957G3326G3450G310112He will show you a spacious second-story room, swept and ready. Prepare the meal there."G2548G1166G5213G3173G508G4766G1563G209013They left, found everything just as he told them, and prepared the Passover meal.G1161G565G2147G2531G2046G846G2532G2090G395714When it was time, he sat down, all the apostles with him,G2532G3753G5610G1096G377G2532G1427G652G4862G84615and said, "You've no idea how much I have looked forward to eating this Passover meal with you before I enter my time of suffering.G2532G2036G4314G846G1939G1937G5315G5124G3957G3326G5216G4253G3165G395816It's the last one I'll eat until we all eat it together in the kingdom of God."G1063G3004G5213G3754G5315G3765G3364G5315G846G1537G2193G3755G4137G1722G932G231617Taking the cup, he blessed it, then said, "Take this and pass it among you.G2532G1209G4221G2168G2036G2983G5124G2532G1266G143818As for me, I'll not drink wine again until the kingdom of God arrives."G1063G3004G5213G3754G4095G3364G4095G575G1081G288G2193G3755G932G2316G206419Taking bread, he blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, given for you. Eat it in my memory."G2532G2983G740G2168G2806G2532G1325G846G3004G5124G2076G3450G4983G3588G1325G5228G5216G5124G4160G364G1519G169920He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant written in my blood, blood poured out for you.G5615G2532G4221G3326G1172G3004G5124G4221G2537G1242G1722G3450G129G3588G1632G5228G521621"Do you realize that the hand of the one who is betraying me is at this moment on this table?G4133G2400G5495G3860G3165G3326G1700G1909G513222It's true that the Son of Man is going down a path already marked out—no surprises there. But for the one who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man, this is doomsday."G2532G3303G5207G444G4198G2596G3724G4133G3759G1565G444G1223G3739G386023They immediately became suspicious of each other and began quizzing one another, wondering who might be about to do this.G2532G846G756G4802G4314G1438G5101G686G1537G846G1498G3195G4238G512424Within minutes they were bickering over who of them would end up the greatest.G1161G1096G2532G5379G1722G846G5101G846G1380G1511G318725But Jesus intervened: "Kings like to throw their weight around and people in authority like to give themselves fancy titles.G1161G2036G846G935G1484G2961G846G2532G1850G846G2564G211026It's not going to be that way with you. Let the senior among you become like the junior; let the leader act the part of the servant.G1161G5210G3756G3779G235G3187G1722G5213G1096G5613G3501G2532G2233G5613G124727"Who would you rather be: the one who eats the dinner or the one who serves the dinner? You'd rather eat and be served, right? But I've taken my place among you as the one who serves.G1063G5101G3187G345G2228G1247G3780G345G1161G1473G1510G1722G3319G5216G5613G124728And you've stuck with me through thick and thin.G1161G5210G2075G1265G3326G1700G1722G3450G398629Now I confer on you the royal authority my Father conferred on meG2504G1303G5213G932G2531G3450G3962G1303G342730so you can eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and be strengthened as you take up responsibilities among the congregations of God's people.G2443G2068G2532G4095G1909G3450G5132G1722G3450G932G2532G2523G1909G2362G2919G1427G5443G247431"Simon, stay on your toes. Satan has tried his best to separate all of you from me, like chaff from wheat.G1161G2962G2036G4613G4613G2400G4567G1809G5209G4617G5613G462132Simon, I've prayed for you in particular that you not give in or give out. When you have come through the time of testing, turn to your companions and give them a fresh start."G1161G1473G1189G4012G4675G3363G4675G4102G1587G3363G2532G4218G4771G1994G4741G4675G8033Peter said, "Master, I'm ready for anything with you. I'd go to jail for you. I'd die for you!"G1161G2036G846G2962G1510G2092G4198G3326G4675G2532G1519G5438G2532G1519G228834Jesus said, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, Peter, but before the rooster crows you will have three times denied that you know me."G1161G2036G3004G4671G4074G220G5455G3364G5455G4594G4250G2228G5151G533G3361G1492G316535Then Jesus said, "When I sent you out and told you to travel light, to take only the bare necessities, did you get along all right?" "Certainly," they said, "we got along just fine."G2532G2036G846G3753G649G5209G817G905G2532G4082G2532G5266G3361G5302G5100G1161G2036G376236He said, "This is different. Get ready for trouble. Look to what you'll need; there are difficult times ahead. Pawn your coat and get a sword.G3767G2036G846G235G3568G2192G905G142G2532G3668G4082G2532G2192G3361G3162G4453G846G2440G2532G5937What was written in Scripture, 'He was lumped in with the criminals,' gets its final meaning in me. Everything written about me is now coming to a conclusion."G1063G3004G5213G3754G5124G1125G1163G2089G5055G1722G1698G2532G3049G3326G459G2532G1063G4012G1700G2192G505638They said, "Look, Master, two swords!" But he said, "Enough of that; no more sword talk!"G1161G2036G2962G2400G5602G1417G3162G1161G2036G846G2076G242539Leaving there, he went, as he so often did, to Mount Olives. The disciples followed him.G2532G1831G4198G2596G1485G1519G3735G1636G1161G846G3101G2532G190G84640When they arrived at the place, he said, "Pray that you don't give in to temptation."G1161G1096G1909G5117G2036G846G4336G1525G3361G1519G398641He pulled away from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,G2532G846G645G575G846G5616G3037G1000G2532G5087G1119G433642"Father, remove this cup from me. But please, not what I want. What do you want?"G3004G3962G1487G1014G3911G3911G5124G4221G575G1700G4133G3361G3450G2307G235G4674G109643At once an angel from heaven was at his side, strengthening him.G1161G3700G32G846G575G3772G1765G84644He prayed on all the harder. Sweat, wrung from him like drops of blood, poured off his face.G2532G1096G1722G74G4336G1617G1161G846G2402G1096G5616G2361G129G2597G1909G109345He got up from prayer, went back to the disciples and found them asleep, drugged by grief.G2532G450G575G4335G2064G4314G846G3101G2147G846G2837G575G307746He said, "What business do you have sleeping? Get up. Pray so you won't give in to temptation."G2532G2036G846G5101G2518G450G4336G3363G1525G1519G398647No sooner were the words out of his mouth than a crowd showed up, Judas, the one from the Twelve, in the lead. He came right up to Jesus to kiss him.G1161G846G2089G2980G2400G3793G2532G3004G2455G1520G1427G4281G846G2532G1448G2424G5368G84648Jesus said, "Judas, you would betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"G1161G2424G2036G846G2455G3860G5207G444G537049When those with him saw what was happening, they said, "Master, shall we fight?"G1161G4012G846G1492G2071G2036G846G2962G1487G3960G1722G316250One of them took a swing at the Chief Priest's servant and cut off his right ear.G2532G1520G5100G1537G846G3960G1401G749G2532G851G846G1188G377551Jesus said, "Let them be. Even in this." Then, touching the servant's ear, he healed him.G1161G2424G611G2036G1439G5127G2193G2532G680G846G5621G2390G84652Jesus spoke to those who had come—high priests, Temple police, religion leaders: "What is this, jumping me with swords and clubs as if I were a dangerous criminal?G1161G2424G2036G4314G749G2532G4755G2411G2532G4245G3854G1909G846G1831G5613G1909G3027G3326G3162G2532G358653Day after day I've been with you in the Temple and you've not so much as lifted a hand against me. But do it your way—it's a dark night, a dark hour."G5607G3450G5607G2250G2596G3326G5216G1722G2411G1614G3756G5495G1909G1691G235G3778G2076G5216G5610G2532G1849G465554Arresting Jesus, they marched him off and took him into the house of the Chief Priest. Peter followed, but at a safe distance.G1161G4815G846G71G2532G1521G846G1519G749G3624G1161G4074G190G311355In the middle of the courtyard some people had started a fire and were sitting around it, trying to keep warm.G1161G846G681G4442G1722G3319G833G2532G4776G4074G2521G3319G1722G84656One of the serving maids sitting at the fire noticed him, then took a second look and said, "This man was with him!"G1161G5100G3814G1492G846G2521G4314G5457G2532G816G846G2036G3778G2258G2532G4862G84657He denied it, "Woman, I don't even know him."G1161G720G846G3004G1135G1492G846G375658A short time later, someone else noticed him and said, "You're one of them." But Peter denied it: "Man, I am not."G2532G3326G1024G2087G1492G846G5346G4771G1488G2532G1537G846G1161G4074G2036G444G1510G375659About an hour later, someone else spoke up, really adamant: "He's got to have been with him! He's got 'Galilean' written all over him."G2532G5616G1339G3391G5610G243G5100G1340G3004G1909G225G3778G2532G2258G3326G846G1063G2532G2076G105760Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about." At that very moment, the last word hardly off his lips, a rooster crowed.G1161G4074G2036G444G1492G3756G3739G3004G2532G3916G846G2089G2980G220G545561Just then, the Master turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered what the Master had said to him: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."G2532G2962G4762G1689G4074G2532G4074G5279G3056G2962G5613G2036G846G3754G4250G220G5455G533G3165G515162He went out and cried and cried and cried.G2532G4074G1831G1854G2799G409063The men in charge of Jesus began poking fun at him, slapping him around.G2532G435G4912G2424G1702G846G119464They put a blindfold on him and taunted, "Who hit you that time?"G2532G4028G846G5180G846G4383G2532G1905G846G3004G4395G5101G2076G3817G457165They were having a grand time with him.G2532G4183G2087G987G3004G1519G84666When it was morning, the religious leaders of the people and the high priests and scholars all got together and brought him before their High Council.G2532G5613G1096G2250G4244G2992G5037G749G2532G1122G4863G2532G321G846G1519G1438G4892G300467They said, "Are you the Messiah?" He answered, "If I said yes, you wouldn't believe me.G1487G1488G4771G5547G2036G2254G1161G2036G846G1437G2036G5213G4100G3364G410068If I asked what you meant by your question, you wouldn't answer me.G1161G1437G2532G2065G611G3364G611G3427G2228G63069So here's what I have to say: From here on the Son of Man takes his place at God's right hand, the place of power."G3568G575G2071G5207G444G2521G1537G1188G1411G231670They all said, "So you admit your claim to be the Son of God?" "You're the ones who keep saying it," he said.G1161G5346G3956G1488G4771G3767G5207G2316G1161G2036G4314G846G5210G3004G3754G1473G151071But they had made up their minds, "Why do we need any more evidence? We've all heard him as good as say it himself."G1161G2036G5101G2192G5532G2089G3141G1063G846G191G575G846G4750
Columbus, OH
