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John 18:3-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4. And so Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to him, advanced and said to them, "Who are you seeking?"

5. They answered him, "Jesus the Nazarene." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.

6. Then, when he said to them, "I am he," they moved back and fell to the ground.

7. Then again he questioned them: "Who are you seeking?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

8. Jesus responded: "I told you that I am he. Therefore, if you are seeking me, permit these others to go away."

9. This was so that the word might be fulfilled, which he said, "Of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any of them."

10. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and he struck the servant of the high priest, and he cut off his right ear. Now the name of the servant was Malchus.

11. Therefore, Jesus said to Peter: "Set your sword into the scabbard. Should I not drink the chalice which my Father has given to me?"

12. Then the cohort, and the tribune, and the attendants of the Jews apprehended Jesus and bound him.

13. And they led him away, first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.

14. Now Caiaphas was the one who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.