April 14 – Think Before You Leap

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Welcome to Bible Chat where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, April 14th.

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Think before you leap.
Some mistakes happen because we

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move too quickly.
We trust too fast, react too

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fast, believe too fast, or speak
too fast.

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Proverbs chapter 14 verse 15
says the simple believes

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everything, but the prudent
gives thought to his steps.

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That is such an important word
for the world we live in.

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We are constantly surrounded by
noise, opinions, reactions,

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headlines, gossip, and pressure.
Everything tells us to respond

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immediately, but wisdom often
sounds like slowing down.

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The writer of Psalm 43 verse 5
says why are you cast down?

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Oh my soul, hope in God.
That tells us something else

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important.
Not every emotion should be

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obeyed.
Feelings are real, but they are

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not always reliable guides.
Sometimes the wisest thing you

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can do is pause long enough to
let truth speak louder than

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emotion.
Then in Mark chapter 14 verse

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22, Jesus shares bread with his
disciples and says, take, This

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is my body.
In the middle of betrayal,

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confusion, and coming sorrow,
Jesus gives them something

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steady and sacred to hold onto.
He anchors them in himself.

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That is what we need too.
In a noisy and impulsive world,

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Jesus is our center.
He keeps us grounded.

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Thinking before you leap is not
fear, it is wisdom.

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It means asking, Is this true?
Is this loving?

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Is this necessary?
Is this from God?

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It means not letting a rumor
become your belief, a mood

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become your direction, or a
moment become a decision you

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regret later.
Maybe you are facing something

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right now that tempts you to
rush a response, a relationship,

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a choice, a strong emotion.
Pause and bring it before God.

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Wisdom is not weakness.
Reflection is not hesitation.

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Sometimes the most spiritual
thing you can do is slow down

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enough to hear the Lord clearly.
When your heart feels noisy,

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stay close to Jesus.
His truth gives you solid ground

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under your feet.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
being my source of truth and

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stability.
Help me slow down when I am

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tempted to react without wisdom.
Teach me to think carefully,

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test what I hear, and let Your
Word guide my steps.

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When my emotions feel strong and
life feels noisy, anchor me in

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Jesus and fill me with peace,
discernment and self-control in

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Jesus name, Amen.
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Proverbs Chapter 14 Verse 15
World English Bible A simple man

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believes everything, but the
prudent man carefully considers

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his ways.
Psalm Chapter 43 World English

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Bible Vindicate me God, and
plead my cause against an

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ungodly nation.
O deliver me from deceitful and

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wicked men, for you are the God
of my strength.

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Why have you rejected me?
Why do I go mourning?

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Because of the oppression of the
enemy.

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Oh, send out your light and your
truth.

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Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy

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hill, to your tents.
Then I will go to the altar of

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God.
To God, my exceeding joy, I will

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praise you on the harp.
God, my God, why are you in

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despair?
My soul, why are you disturbed

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within me?
Hope in God, for I shall still

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praise him, my Savior, my
helper, and my God.

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Mark chapter 14.
World English Bible It was now

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two days before the Passover and
the Feast of Unleavened Bread,

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and the chief priests and the
scribes sought how they might

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seize him by deception and kill
him, for they said not during

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the feast, because there might
be a riot among the people.

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While he was at Bethany, in the
House of Simon the Leper, as he

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sat at the table, a woman came
having an alabaster jar of

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ointment of pure nard, very
costly.

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She broke the jar and poured it
over his head.

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But there were some who were
indignant among themselves,

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saying, Why has this ointment
been wasted?

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For this might have been sold
for more than 300 denarii and

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given to the poor.
So they grumbled against her,

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but Jesus said, Leave her alone.
Why do you trouble her?

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She has done a good work for me.
For you always have the poor

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with you, and whenever you want
to you can do them good, but you

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will not always have me.
She has done what she could.

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She has anointed my body
beforehand for the burying.

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Most certainly, I tell you,
wherever this good news may be

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preached throughout the whole
world, that which this woman has

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done will also be spoken of for
a memorial of her.

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Judas Iscariot, who was one of
the 12, went away to the chief

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priests that he might deliver
him to them.

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They, when they heard it, were
glad and promised to give him

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money.
He sought how he might

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conveniently deliver him on the
first day of unleavened bread

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when they sacrificed the
Passover.

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His disciples asked him, Where
do you want us to go and prepare

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that you may eat the Passover.
He sent two of his disciples and

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said to them, go into the city
and they’re a man carrying a

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pitcher of water will meet you.
Follow him and wherever he

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enters in, tell the master of
the house.

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The teacher says, Where is the
guest room where I may eat the

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Passover with my disciples?
He will himself show you a large

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upper room, furnished and ready.
Get ready for us there.

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His disciples went out and came
into the city, and found things

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as he had said to them, and they
prepared the Passover.

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When it was evening He came with
the 12.

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As they sat and were eating,
Jesus said, Most certainly I

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tell you, one of you will betray
me, he who eats with me.

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They began to be sorrowful, and
to ask Him 1 by 1.

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Surely not I, And another said,
Surely not I.

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He answered them, It is one of
the 12.

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He who dips with me in the dish.
For the Son of Man goes as it is

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written about him.
But woe to that man by whom the

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Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man

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if he had not been born.
As they were eating, Jesus took

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bread, and when He had blessed
it, He broke it and gave to

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them, and said, Take, eat, this
is my body.

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He took the cup, and when He had
given thanks, He gave to them.

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They all drank of it.
He said to them, This is my

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blood of the new covenant which
is poured out for many.

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Most certainly I tell you, I
will no more drink of the fruit

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of the vine until that day when
I drink it anew in God’s

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Kingdom.
When they had sung A hymn, they

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went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus said to them, All of you

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will be made to stumble because
of me tonight.

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For it is written, I will strike
the shepherd, and the sheep will

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be scattered.
However, after I am raised up, I

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will go before you into Galilee.
But Peter said to him, although

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all will be offended, yet I will
not.

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Jesus said to him, most
certainly I tell you that you

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today, even this night, before
the rooster crows twice, you

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will deny me three times.
But he spoke all the more.

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If I must die with you, I will
not deny you.

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They all said the same thing.
They came to a place which was

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named Gethsemane.
He said to his disciples, Sit

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here while I pray.
He took with him Peter, James,

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and John and began to be greatly
troubled and distressed.

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He said to them, My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful even to

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death, Stay here and watch.
He went forward a little and

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fell on the ground and prayed
that if it were possible, the

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hour might pass away from him.
He said, ABBA, Father, all

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things are possible to you.
Please remove this cup from me,

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however not what I desire, but
what you desire.

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He came and found them sleeping
and said to Peter, Simon, are

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you sleeping?
Couldn’t you watch one hour?

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Watch and pray that you may not
enter into temptation.

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The Spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak.

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Again he went away and prayed,
saying the same words again.

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He returned and found them
sleeping, for their eyes were

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very heavy and they didn’t know
what to answer him.

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He came the third time and said
to them, Sleep on now and take

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your rest, it is enough.
The hour has come.

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Behold, the Son of Man is
betrayed into the hands of

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sinners.
Arise, let’s get going.

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Behold, he who betrays me is at
hand.

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Immediately, while he was still
speaking, Judas, one of the 12

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came, and with him a multitude
with swords and clubs from the

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chief priests, the scribes, and
the elders.

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Now he who betrayed him had
given them a sign saying,

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Whomever I will kiss.
That is, he sees him and lead

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him away safely.
When he had come, immediately he

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came to him and said, Rabbi,
rabbi, and kissed him.

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They laid their hands on him and
seized him.

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But a certain one of those who
stood by drew his sword and

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struck the servant of the high
priest and cut off his ear.

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Jesus answered them, Have you
come out as against a robber

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with swords and clubs to seize
me?

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I was daily with you in the
Temple teaching, and you didn’t

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arrest me.
But this is so that the

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Scriptures might be fulfilled.
They all left him and fled.

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A certain young man followed
him, having a linen cloth thrown

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around himself over his naked
body.

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The young men grabbed him, but
he left the linen cloth and fled

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from them naked.
They led Jesus away to the high

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priest.
All the chief priests, the

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elders and the scribes came
together with him.

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Peter had followed him from a
distance until he came into the

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court of the high priest.
He was sitting with the officers

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and warming himself in the light
of the fire.

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Now the chief priests and the
whole council sought witnesses

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against Jesus to put him to
death, and found none.

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For many gave false testimony
against him, and their testimony

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didn’t agree with each other.
Some stood up and gave false

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testimony against him, saying,
we heard him say, I will destroy

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this temple that is made with
hands, and in three days I will

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build another made without
hands.

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Even so, their testimony didn’t
agree.

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The high priest stood up in the
middle and asked Jesus, have you

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no answer?
What is it which these testify

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against you?
But he stayed quiet and answered

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nothing.
Again the high priest asked him,

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Are you the Christ?
The Son of the blessed Jesus

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said, I am.
You will see the Son of man

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sitting at the right hand of
power and coming with the clouds

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of the sky.
The high priest tore his clothes

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and said, What further need have
we have witnesses?

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You have heard the blasphemy.
What do you think?

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They all condemned him to be
worthy of death.

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Some began to spit on him and to
cover his face, and to beat him

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with fists, and to tell him
prophecy.

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The officers struck him with the
palms of their hands.

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As Peter was in the courtyard
below, one of the maids of the

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high priest came, and seeing
Peter warming himself, she

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looked at him and said, You were
also with the Nazarene Jesus.

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But he denied it, saying, I
neither know nor understand what

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you are saying.
He went out on the porch and the

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rooster crowed.
The maid saw him and began again

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to tell those who stood by.
This is one of them.

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But he again denied it.
After a little while, again

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those who stood by said to
Peter, You truly are one of

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them, for you are a Galilean,
and your speech shows it.

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But he began to curse and to
swear, I don’t know this man of

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whom you speak.
The rooster crowed the second

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time.
Peter remembered the words that

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Jesus said to him before.
The rooster crows twice.

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You will deny me three times.
When he thought about that, he

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wept.
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