Mark 14:32-52

32Then they arrived at a garden called Gethsemane. Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’

33Jesus took Peter, James and John with him. He started to feel very sad and upset.

34He said to them, ‘I am very sad. I feel as if I could die because I feel so sad. Wait here and stay awake.’

35Jesus went a short way beyond them. He went down on the ground. He prayed that, if possible, God would save him from this time of trouble.

36He said, ‘Abba, my Father, you can do all things. Please take this great pain away from me. But I do not ask you to do what I want. Do what you want to do.’

37Jesus returned to his three disciples. Now they were sleeping. He said to Peter, ‘Simon, you are asleep! You could not stay awake for even one hour!

38You must keep awake and you must pray. Then you will not want to do something wrong. You really want to do the right thing, but your body is weak.’

39Jesus went away again and he prayed in the same words.

40Then Jesus returned again to Peter, James and John. He saw that they were sleeping. They could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to him.

41Then Jesus returned a third time to the disciples. He said to them, ‘You should not still be sleeping and resting. That is enough! The moment has arrived. Look! Someone will now give me, the Son of Man, to my enemies.

42Stand up, we will go now. Look! The man who will give me to my enemies is here.’

43Jesus was still speaking when, immediately, Judas arrived. He was one of Jesus' 12 apostles. A crowd came with him. They were carrying swords and heavy sticks. The leaders of the priests, the teachers of God's Law and the important Jews had sent these men.

44Before this, Judas had told these men, ‘I will kiss one of the men. You must take hold of that man. Lead him away and do not let him go.’

45When they arrived, Judas went immediately to Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said to Jesus. Then he kissed Jesus in a friendly way.

46So the men took hold of Jesus to lead him away.

47But a certain man who was standing there took hold of his sword. He hit the servant of the leader of the priests with it and he cut off the servant's ear.

48Then Jesus spoke to the crowd. He said, ‘You have come out here with swords and heavy sticks to take hold of me. Do you really think that I am leading people to fight against our country's rulers?

49No! I was with you every day when I was teaching people in the yard of the temple. You did not try to take hold of me then. But this must happen in the way that the Bible says it would happen.’

50Then all Jesus' disciples left him and they ran away.

51A certain young man was following Jesus. He was wearing only one piece of linen cloth to cover himself. The men tried to take hold of this young man.

52But the young man left the piece of cloth behind and he ran away. So when he ran away, he was not wearing anything.