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John 18:5-12 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

6. When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7. So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

8. Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.”

9. This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”

10. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

11. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

12. So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.

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