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Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives. There He told them, “Pray that you will not be overcome by temptation.” 

He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine.”  Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened Him. He prayed more fervently, and He was in such agony of spirit that His sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. At last He stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief. “Why are you sleeping?” he asked. “Get up and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you.” 

But even as He said this, a mob approached, led by Judas, one of his twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus and greeted Him with a kiss.  But Jesus said, “Judas, how can you betray me, the Son of Man, with a kiss?” 

When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!”  And one of them slashed at the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. 

But Jesus said, “Don’t resist anymore.” And He touched the place where the man’s ear had been and healed him.  Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard and the other leaders who headed the mob. “Am I some dangerous criminal,” he asked, “that you have come armed with swords and clubs to arrest me?  Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”  Luke 22:39-53 NLT

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