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Luke 22:1¹Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:6-23 Lev 23:5-6 John 11:55-57 Mark 14:1-2 Matt 26:2-5 1 Cor 5:7-8 Mark 14:12

Luke 22:2²The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:47-53 John 11:57 Luke 19:47-48 Luke 20:19 Matt 12:14 Matt 21:45-46 Matt 26:3-5 Ps 2:1-5 Acts 4:27 Matt 21:38

Luke 22:3³Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:2 Mark 14:10-11 John 13:18 John 13:26-27 Ps 55:12-14 Acts 5:3 Luke 22:21 Matt 26:14-16 Ps 41:9 John 12:6

Luke 22:4⁴He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 4:1 Acts 5:24 Acts 5:26 Luke 22:52 Mark 14:10-11 Matt 26:14

Luke 22:5⁵They were delighted and arranged to give him money.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 11:12-13 1 Tim 6:9-10 Acts 1:18 Matt 26:15-16 Matt 27:3-5 2 Pet 2:15 2 Pet 2:3 Acts 8:20 Jude 1:11

Luke 22:6⁶So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:2 Matt 26:5

Luke 22:7⁷Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:18 Mark 14:12-16 1 Cor 5:7 Exod 12:6 Luke 22:1 Matt 26:17-19

Luke 22:8⁸Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:13-16 Acts 3:1 Acts 3:11 Acts 4:13 Acts 4:19 Acts 8:14 Gal 4:4-5 Luke 1:6 Matt 3:15

Luke 22:9⁹They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 22:10¹⁰He said to them, “Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 16:4 1 Sam 10:2-7 Acts 8:26-29 Matt 26:18-19 Luke 19:29-40

Luke 22:11¹¹and tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:28 Luke 19:31 Luke 19:34 Luke 19:5 Matt 21:3 Rev 3:20

Luke 22:12¹²Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:13 Acts 16:14-15 Acts 20:8 John 2:25 John 21:17

Luke 22:13¹³So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:32 Luke 21:33 Heb 11:8 John 2:5

Luke 22:14¹⁴Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:20 Mark 14:17 Deut 16:6-7 Mark 6:30

Luke 22:15¹⁵And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:50 John 4:34 John 13:1 John 17:1

Luke 22:16¹⁶For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 14:15 Rev 19:9 Luke 22:30 1 Cor 5:7-8 John 6:50-58 Acts 10:41 Heb 10:1-10 John 6:27 Luke 12:37

Luke 22:17¹⁷Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:19 Ps 116:13 1 Tim 4:4-5 Deut 8:10 Jer 16:7 Luke 9:16 Rom 14:6 1 Sam 9:13 Ps 23:5

Luke 22:18¹⁸For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:29 Luke 22:16 Isa 55:1 Mark 14:25 Col 1:13 Luke 21:31 Acts 2:30-36 Dan 2:44 Eph 5:18-19 Isa 24:9-11

Luke 22:19¹⁹Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:23-29 1 Cor 10:16 Mark 14:22-24 Luke 22:20 Matt 26:26-28 1 Cor 10:4 Ps 111:4 Titus 2:14 Gal 1:4 John 6:51

Luke 22:20²⁰And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:25 Matt 26:28 Zech 9:11 Exod 24:8 Heb 13:20 2 Cor 3:6 Heb 12:24 Heb 8:6-13 Heb 9:15 Heb 9:17

Luke 22:21²¹“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 41:9 John 13:26 John 13:18-19 John 13:21-22 Mark 14:18-21 Matt 26:21-24 Job 19:19 Mic 7:5-6

Luke 22:22²²For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:23 Ps 109:6-15 1 Cor 15:3-4 Luke 24:46 Ps 55:12-15 1 Pet 1:11 2 Pet 2:3 Acts 1:16-25 Acts 13:27-28 Acts 26:22-23

Luke 22:23²³So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:22-25 Mark 14:19 Matt 26:22

Luke 22:24²⁴A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:46 Mark 9:34 Mark 10:37-41 Matt 20:20-24 1 Cor 13:4 1 Pet 5:5-6 Phil 2:3-5 Rom 12:10 Jas 4:5-6

Luke 22:25²⁵So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:25-28 Mark 10:41-45

Luke 22:26²⁶Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:5 1 Pet 5:3 Mark 9:35 3 John 1:9-10 Luke 9:48 Matt 18:3-5 Matt 23:8-12 Rom 12:2

Luke 22:27²⁷For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:28 Luke 12:37 John 13:5-16 2 Cor 8:9 Luke 17:7-9 Phil 2:7-8

Luke 22:28²⁸“You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 2:18 Heb 4:15 Acts 1:25 John 6:67-68 John 8:31 Matt 19:28-29 Matt 24:13

Luke 22:29²⁹Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:12 Matt 25:34 Jas 2:5 Matt 24:47 Matt 28:18 Luke 12:32 Luke 19:17 1 Cor 9:25 1 Pet 5:4 2 Cor 1:7

Luke 22:30³⁰that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:28 Matt 8:11 Rev 2:26-27 Luke 12:37 Luke 14:15 Rev 3:21 1 Cor 6:2-3 Rev 19:9 2 Sam 9:9-10 Luke 22:16-18

Luke 22:31³¹“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8 Zech 3:1 Job 1:6-12 Job 2:1-6 Rev 12:10 Amos 9:9 Luke 10:41 Acts 9:4

Luke 22:32³²but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 21:15-17 1 Pet 5:8-10 John 17:9-11 Rom 8:34 2 Cor 1:4-6 Heb 7:25 1 John 2:1-2 2 Pet 3:14 1 Pet 1:5 Heb 12:12-13

Luke 22:33³³But Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:31 Matt 26:33-35 John 13:36-37 Mark 14:29 Matt 20:22 Matt 26:40-41 Acts 20:23-24 Acts 21:13 Mark 14:37-38 Prov 28:26

Luke 22:34³⁴Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:38 Matt 26:34 Mark 14:30 Mark 14:71-72 Matt 26:74 John 18:27

Luke 22:35³⁵Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied, “Nothing.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:9-10 Luke 10:4 Luke 9:3 Ps 23:1 Ps 34:9-10 Ps 37:3 Mark 6:8-9 Matt 6:31-33 Deut 8:16 Deut 8:2-3

Luke 22:36³⁶He said to them, “But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler’s bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 22:37³⁷For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me is being fulfilled.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:12 2 Cor 5:21 Luke 23:32 Gal 3:13 Acts 13:27-29 John 17:4 John 19:28-30 John 10:35 Luke 18:31 Luke 22:22

Luke 22:38³⁸So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It is enough.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:3-4 Luke 22:49 Matt 26:52-54 Eph 6:10-18 John 18:36 1 Thess 5:8 1 Pet 5:9

Luke 22:39³⁹Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:37 John 18:1-2 Matt 21:1 Mark 14:32-34 Matt 26:30 Mark 11:11 Mark 11:19 Mark 13:3 Mark 14:26 Matt 26:36-38

Luke 22:40⁴⁰When he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:13 Luke 22:46 Matt 26:36-46 2 Cor 12:7-10 Mark 14:32-42 1 Pet 4:7 1 Pet 5:8-9 Eph 6:18-19 Rev 3:10 1 Chr 4:10

Luke 22:41⁴¹He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:39 Mark 14:35 Luke 18:11

Luke 22:42⁴²“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.” [Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:27-28 Matt 26:39 Matt 26:42 Mark 14:36 Ps 40:8 John 18:11 John 5:30 Matt 20:22 John 6:38 Heb 10:7-10

Luke 22:43⁴³Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 4:11 Matt 26:53 Heb 1:14 Ps 91:11-12 1 Tim 3:16 Heb 1:6 Job 4:3-4 Luke 22:32 Luke 4:10-11 Matt 4:6

Luke 22:44⁴⁴And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lam 1:12 Heb 5:7 Ps 22:12-21 Rom 8:32 Isa 53:10 John 12:27 Ps 130:1-2 Gen 32:24-28 Jonah 2:2-3 Lam 3:53-56

Luke 22:45⁴⁵When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:40-41 Matt 26:40 Matt 26:43 Mark 14:37

Luke 22:46⁴⁶So he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:40 Jonah 1:6 Luke 21:34-36 Prov 6:4-11

Luke 22:47⁴⁷While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:41-50 John 18:2-11 Luke 22:3-6 Mark 14:10 Matt 26:45-56 Matt 26:14-16

Luke 22:48⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 20:9-10 Mark 14:44-46 Matt 26:48-50 Prov 27:6 Ps 55:21

Luke 22:49⁴⁹When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should we use our swords?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:38

Luke 22:50⁵⁰Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:10-11 Mark 14:47 2 Cor 10:4 Matt 26:51-54 Rom 12:19

Luke 22:51⁵¹But Jesus said, “Enough of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:1 Rom 12:21 1 Pet 2:21-23 John 17:12 John 18:8-9

Luke 22:52⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:4 Acts 5:26 John 17:12 Mark 14:48-49 Matt 26:55 2 Kgs 11:15

Luke 22:53⁵³Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 6:12 2 Cor 4:3-6 Acts 26:18 Col 1:13 John 12:27 John 16:20-22 John 7:45 Job 20:5 John 14:30 John 7:25-26

Luke 22:54⁵⁴Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:53-54 Matt 26:57-58 John 18:12-17 2 Chr 32:31 John 18:24 Luke 22:33-34

Luke 22:55⁵⁵When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 26:4-5 2 Cor 6:15-17 Luke 22:44 Mark 14:66-72 Matt 26:69-75 Prov 9:6 Ps 28:3 1 Cor 15:33 John 18:16-18 John 18:25-27

Luke 22:56⁵⁶Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:17 Mark 14:17 Mark 14:6 Matt 26:69 Mark 14:66-68

Luke 22:57⁵⁷But Peter denied it: “Woman, I don’t know him!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 1:9 2 Tim 2:10-12 Acts 3:13-14 Acts 3:19 John 18:25 John 18:27 Luke 12:9 Luke 22:33-34 Matt 10:33 Matt 26:70

Luke 22:58⁵⁸Then a little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:25 Mark 14:69-70 Matt 26:71-72

Luke 22:59⁵⁹And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:26-27 Mark 14:69-70 Matt 26:73-74

Luke 22:60⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:27 Luke 22:34 Mark 14:71-72 Matt 26:74-75

Luke 22:61⁶¹Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:34 Isa 57:15-18 Ezek 16:63 Ezek 36:31-32 Jer 31:18-20 Job 33:27 Acts 5:31 Eph 2:11 Hos 11:8 John 13:38

Luke 22:62⁶²And he went outside and wept bitterly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:12 Matt 26:75 2 Cor 7:9-11 Ezek 7:16 Jer 31:18 Mark 14:72 Matt 5:4 Ps 126:5-6 Ps 130:1-4 Ps 38:18

Luke 22:63⁶³Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:22 1 Pet 2:23 Heb 12:2 Isa 49:7 Isa 50:6-7 Isa 52:14 Isa 53:3 Job 16:9-10 Job 30:9-14 Mark 14:55-65

Luke 22:64⁶⁴They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 16:21 Judg 16:25

Luke 22:65⁶⁵They also said many other things against him, reviling him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:13-14 Acts 26:11 Luke 12:10 Matt 12:31-32 Matt 27:39

Luke 22:66⁶⁶When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their councilCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 15:1 Matt 27:1 Acts 22:5 Acts 4:25-28 Matt 5:22 John 18:28 Ps 2:1-3

Luke 22:67⁶⁷and said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:24-26 John 12:37-43 John 5:39-47 John 8:43-45 John 9:27-28 Luke 16:31 Mark 14:61-66 Matt 11:3-5 Matt 26:63-68

Luke 22:68⁶⁸and if I ask you, you will not answer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 20:3-7 Luke 20:41-44

Luke 22:69⁶⁹But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 110:1 Dan 7:13-14 Heb 1:3 Mark 16:19 Acts 2:34-36 Eph 1:20-23 Mark 14:62 Matt 22:44 Matt 26:64 1 Pet 3:22

Luke 22:70⁷⁰So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them, “You say that I am.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 23:3 John 18:37 Mark 15:2 Matt 26:64 Matt 27:11 John 1:34 John 1:49 John 10:30 John 10:36 John 19:7

Luke 22:71⁷¹Then they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:63-64 Matt 26:65-66

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