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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 51

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And Jesus said unto him, ‹Friend, wherefore art thou come?› Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
King James Version
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out [his] hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.
American Standard Version
And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
New English Translation
How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
World English Bible
Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
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Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.›
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‹Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?›
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‹But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?›
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In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, ‹Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.›
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‹But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.› Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
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But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
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Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
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But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
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And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.