38. The followers said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords!”He said to them, “That’s enough.”
39-40. Jesus left the city and went to the Mount of Olives. His followers went with him. (Jesus went there often.) He said to his followers, “Pray for strength against temptation.”
41. Then Jesus went about a stone’s throw away from them. He kneeled down and prayed,
42. “Father, if it is what you want, then let me not have this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”
43. Then an angel from heaven appeared to him to help him.
44. Jesus was full of pain; he prayed even more. Sweat dripped from his face as if he were bleeding.
45. When he finished praying, he went to his followers. They were asleep. (Their sadness had made them very tired.)
46. Jesus said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray for strength against temptation.”
47. While Jesus was speaking, a crowd came up. One of the 12 apostles was leading them. He was Judas. He came close to Jesus so that he could kiss him.
48. But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you using the kiss to give the Son of Man to his enemies?”
49. The followers of Jesus were standing there too. They saw what was happening. They said to Jesus, “Lord, should we use our swords?”
50. And one of them did use his sword. He cut off the right ear of the servant of the high priest.
51. Jesus said, “Stop!” Then he touched the servant’s ear and healed him.
52. Those who came to arrest Jesus were the leading priests, the soldiers who guarded the Temple, and the Jewish elders. Jesus said to them, “Why did you come out here with swords and sticks? Do you think I am a criminal?
53. I was with you every day in the Temple. Why didn’t you try to arrest me there? But this is your time—the time when darkness rules.”