January 29 – Betrayed but Not Defeated

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 29th.

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Betrayed, but not defeated.
Have you ever trusted someone

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deeply, only to feel that trust
collapse without warning?

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Maybe a friend shared something
you told them in confidence.

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Maybe people you counted on
disappeared when things got

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uncomfortable.
That kind of hurt cuts deep,

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because betrayal doesn’t just
wound your heart, it shakes your

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sense of safety and belonging.
If you’ve ever felt abandoned or

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exposed, Matthew chapter 26
reminds you that Jesus knows

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that pain personally.
At the table with his closest

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friends, Jesus says the words no
one wants to hear.

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Truly, I say to you, one of you
will betray me.

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He knew Judas choice before it
happened.

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He wasn’t naive.
He wasn’t caught off guard.

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And still he chose love.
Later, standing before religious

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leaders who accused and mocked
him, Jesus remained calm when

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pressed to defend himself.
He spoke truth with confidence,

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declaring who he really was, the
Son of God, seated at the right

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hand of power.
Jesus didn’t let lies define

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him.
He didn’t let fear steal his

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identity.
And then came the moment that

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hurts to read.
Then all the disciples left him

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and fled.
Every one of them.

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The friends who promised
loyalty, the ones who said

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they’d never leave.
In Jesus darkest hour, he stood

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alone.
Yet even then he was not

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defeated.
Why?

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Because people walking away did
not cancel God’s purpose.

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That’s such a powerful reminder
for real life.

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Betrayal can feel like the end
of the story, but with God it

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never is.
People may fail you.

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Friends may disappoint you.
Support may disappear.

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But God’s plan doesn’t depend on
human loyalty.

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Jesus wasn’t sustained by
applause or abandoned by

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purpose.
He knew who he was, and he

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trusted what the Father was
doing, even when it hurt.

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When you’re betrayed, the
temptation is to shut down, lash

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out, or give up.
But Jesus shows a different way.

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He stays rooted.
He speaks truth.

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He entrusts himself to God, and
through what looked like defeat,

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God was actually working
redemption for the entire world.

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Your story may include betrayal,
but it doesn’t end there.

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You are not defined by who left,
who failed, or who hurt you.

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You are defined by who God says
you are and by the purpose he’s

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placed on your life.
Even when people walk away, God

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stays.
Even when plans fall apart, his

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purpose stands.
You may feel shaken, but you are

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not defeated.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
reminding me that even when

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people betray or abandoned me,
You never do.

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Help me stand firm in who You
say I am, even when I

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misunderstood or hurt.
Heal my heart from

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disappointment and teach me to
trust Your purpose when things

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don’t make sense.
I choose to believe that what

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feels like defeat can still be
part of Your greater plan.

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Give me strength, peace and
courage to keep following You in

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Jesus name, Amen.
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Matthew Chapter 26, World
English Bible When Jesus had

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finished all these words, he
said to his disciples, You know

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that after two days the Passover
is coming, and the Son of Man

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will be delivered up to be
crucified.

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Then the chief priests, the
scribes, and the elders of the

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people were gathered together in
the court of the high priest,

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who was called Caiaphas.
They took counsel together that

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they might take Jesus by deceit
and kill him.

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But they said not during the
feast, lest a riot occur among

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the people.
Now when Jesus was in Bethany,

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in the House of Simon the leper,
a woman came to him having an

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alabaster jar of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on

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his head as he sat at the table.
But when his disciples saw this,

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they were indignant, saying, Why
this waste?

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For this ointment might have
been sold for much and given to

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the poor.
However, knowing this, Jesus

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said to them, Why do you trouble
the woman?

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

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with you, but you don’t always
have me.

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For in pouring this ointment on
my body, she did it to prepare

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me for burial.
Most certainly.

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I tell you, wherever this good
news is preached in the whole

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world, what this woman has done
will also be spoken of as a

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memorial of her.
Then one of the 12 who was

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called Judas Iscariot went to
the chief priests and said, what

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are you willing to give me if I
deliver him to you?

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So they wait out for him 30
pieces of silver.

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From that time he sought
opportunity to betray him.

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Now on the first day of
Unleavened Bread, the disciples

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came to Jesus saying to him,
Where do you want us to prepare

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for you to eat the Passover?
He said, Go into the city to a

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certain person and tell him, The
teacher says, My time is at

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hand.
I will keep the Passover at your

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house with my disciples.
The disciples did as Jesus

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commanded them, and they
prepared the Passover.

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Now when evening had come, he
was reclining at the table with

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the 12 disciples.
As they were eating, he said,

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most certainly.
I tell you that one of you will

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betray me.
They were exceedingly sorrowful,

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and each began to ask him.
It isn’t me, is it, Lord?

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He answered, He who dipped his
hand with me in the dish will

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betray me.
The Son of Man goes even as it

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is written of him.
But woe to that man through whom

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

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if he had not been born.
Judas, who betrayed him,

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answered, It isn’t me, is it,
Rabbi?

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He said to him, You said it as
they were eating.

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Jesus took bread, gave thanks
for it, and broke it.

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He gave to the disciples and
said, Take, eat, this is my

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body.
He took the cup, gave thanks and

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gave to them, saying, All of you
drink it, for this is my blood

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of the new covenant, which is
poured out for many for the

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remission of sins.
But I tell you that I will not

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drink of this fruit of the vine
from now on until that day when

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I drink it anew with you in my
Father’s Kingdom.

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When they had sung A hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.

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Then Jesus said to them, All of
you will be made to stumble

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because of me tonight.
For it is written, I will strike

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the shepherd, and the sheep of
the flock will be scattered.

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But after I am raised up, I will
go before you into Galilee.

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But Peter answered him, Even if
all will be made to stumble

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because of you, I will never be
made to stumble.

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Jesus said to him, most
certainly.

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I tell you that tonight, before
the rooster crows, you will deny

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me three times.
Peter said to him, Even if I

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must die with you, I will not
deny you.

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All of the disciples also said
likewise.

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Then Jesus came with them to a
place called Gethsemane, and

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said to his disciples, Sit here
while I go there and pray.

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He took with him Peter and the
two sons of Zebedee and began to

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be sorrowful and severely
troubled.

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Then Jesus said to them, My soul
is exceedingly sorrowful even to

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death, Stay here and watch with
me.

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He went forward a little, fell
on his face, and prayed, saying,

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My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass away from me.

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Nevertheless, not what I desire,
but what you desire.

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He came to the disciples and
found them sleeping, and said to

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Peter, What couldn’t you watch
with me for one hour?

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Watch and pray that you don’t
enter into temptation.

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

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Again a second time he went away
and prayed, saying, My Father,

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if this cup can’t pass away from
me unless I drink it, your

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desire be done.
He came again and found them

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sleeping, for their eyes were
heavy.

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He left them again, went away
and prayed 1/3 time, saying the

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same words.
Then he came to his disciples

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and said to them, Are you still
sleeping and resting?

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Behold, the hour is at hand, and
the Son of Man is betrayed into

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the hands of sinners.
Arise, let’s be going.

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Behold, he who betrays me is at
hand.

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While he was still speaking,
behold, Judas one of the 12

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came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and clubs

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from the chief priests and
elders of the people.

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

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Whoever I kiss, he is the one
sees him.

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Immediately he came to Jesus and
said, Greetings Rabbi, and

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kissed him.
Jesus said to him, Friend, why

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are you here?
Then they came and laid hands on

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Jesus and took him.
Behold, one of those who were

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with Jesus stretched out his
hand and drew his sword, and

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

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Then Jesus said to him, Put your
sword back into its place, for

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all those who take the sword
will die by the sword.

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Or do you think that I couldn’t
ask my Father, and he would even

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now send me more than 12 legions
of angels?

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How then would the Scriptures be
fulfilled that it must be so?

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In that hour?
Jesus said to the multitudes,

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Have you come out as against a
robber with swords and clubs to

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seize me?
I sat daily in the temple

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teaching, and you didn’t arrest
me.

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But all this has happened, that
the scriptures of the prophets

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might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples left him

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and fled.
Those who had taken Jesus led

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him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and

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the elders were gathered
together.

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But Peter followed him from a
distance to the court of the

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high priest and entered in and
sat with the officers to see the

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end.
Now the chief priests, the

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elders, and the whole council
sought false testimony against

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Jesus, that they might put him
to death, and they found none.

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Even though many false witnesses
came forward, they found none.

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But at last two false witnesses
came forward and said, This man

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said, I am able to destroy the
temple of God, and to build it

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in three days.
The high priest stood up and

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said to him, Have you no answer?
What is this, that these testify

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against you?
But Jesus stayed silent.

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The high priest answered him, I
adjure you by the living God,

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that you tell us whether you are
the Christ, the Son of God.

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Jesus said to him, You have said
so.

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Nevertheless, I tell you, after
this you will see the Son of Man

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

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of the sky.
Then the high priest tore his

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clothing, saying, He has spoken
blasphemy.

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Why do we need any more
witnesses?

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Behold, now you have heard his
blasphemy, What do you think?

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They answered, He is worthy of
death.

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Then they spat in his face and
beat him with their fists, and

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some slapped him, saying,
Prophecy to us, you Christ, who

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hit you.
Now Peter was sitting outside in

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the court, and a maid came to
him saying You were also with

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Jesus the Galilean.
But he denied it before them

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all, saying, I don’t know what
you were talking about.

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When he had gone out onto the
porch, someone else saw him and

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said to those who were there,
This man also was with Jesus of

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Nazareth.
Again he denied it with an oath.

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I don’t know the man.
After a little while, those who

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stood by came and said to Peter,
surely you are also one of them,

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for your speech makes you known.
Then he began to curse and to

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swear.
I don’t know the man.

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Immediately the rooster crowed.
Peter remembered the word which

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Jesus had said to him before.
The rooster crows, You will deny

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me three times.
Then he went out and wept

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bitterly.
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