25. I assure you that I won’t drink wine again until that day when I drink it in a new way in God’s kingdom."
26. After singing songs of praise, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27. Jesus said to them, "You will all falter in your faithfulness to me. It is written, I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep will go off in all directions.
28. But after I’m raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."
29. Peter said to him, "Even if everyone else stumbles, I won’t."
30. But Jesus said to him, "I assure you that on this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
31. But Peter insisted, "If I must die alongside you, I won’t deny you." And they all said the same thing.
32. Jesus and his disciples came to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus said to them, "Sit here while I pray."
33. He took Peter, James, and John along with him. He began to feel despair and was anxious.
34. He said to them, "I’m very sad. It’s as if I’m dying. Stay here and keep alert."
35. Then he went a short distance farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if possible, he might be spared the time of suffering.
36. He said, "Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup of suffering away from me. However—not what I want but what you want."
37. He came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Couldn’t you stay alert for one hour?
38. Stay alert and pray so that you won’t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak."
39. Again, he left them and prayed, repeating the same words.
40. And, again, when he came back, he found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open, and they didn’t know how to respond to him.
41. He came a third time and said to them, "Will you sleep and rest all night? That’s enough! The time has come for the Human One to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42. Get up! Let’s go! Look, here comes my betrayer."
43. Suddenly, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came with a mob carrying swords and clubs. They had been sent by the chief priests, legal experts, and elders.
44. His betrayer had given them a sign: "Arrest the man I kiss, and take him away under guard."