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Feed
My Lambs
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When
we had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Feed my
lambs.” Then he arose and said to him, “Follow
me!” and to the others, “We shall return
shortly.” The two of them started up the hill, with me
tagging along.
Peter
turned and saw that I was following them. He asked, “Lord,
what about that woman?”
Jesus
answered, “If I want her to stay with me until I return, what
is that to you? It's none of your business. You must
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When
they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Feed my
lambs.” Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
Peter
turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following
them. When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
Jesus
answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what
is that to you? You must follow me.” [21:15,19-22] |
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The
Last Supper
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After
he had said this, Jesus suddenly frowned and said, “I have some
sad news to tell you, but it's the truth. One of you is going
to betray me.” We all stared at one another, at a loss to
know which of us he meant.
I
was reclining between Simon Peter and Jesus. Peter beckoned to
me and whispered, “Ask him which one he means.”
I
leaned close to Jesus and whispered, “Lord, who is
it?” He answered, “It's the one to whom I will give
this piece of bread after I've dipped it in the dish.”
And
he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Taken aback,
Judas knocked over the salt. Jesus told him, “I know what
you intend to do. Do it quickly!” But I was the only
one who understood what that meant.
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After
he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified,
“Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray
me.” His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to
know which of them he meant.
One
of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to
him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said,
“Ask him which one he means.”
Leaning
back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of
bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”
Then,
dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon
Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So
Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do
quickly.” But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said
this to him.
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The
Trial Begins
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Simon
Peter and I followed along when they brought Jesus to the high
priest's house. I was known there, so I could go into the
courtyard. Peter waited outside at the door until I came back
and spoke to the servant girl on duty. She questioned him,
“You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you?”
Peter denied it, and she let him in. |
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Simon
Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this
disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the
high priest's courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the
door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest,
came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter
in. “You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are
you?” she asked Peter. He replied, "I am
not." [18:15-17]~ |
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Here
Is Your Mother
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Jesus
was hanging on the cross, but I couldn't simply abandon him
there. I, Mary Magdalene, was in love with him!
Two
other women also named Mary were standing nearby; one was Jesus's
mother, with her sister beside her, and the other was the wife of Clopas.
Jesus
looked down to me, and our eyes met. To his mother, he called
out, “Woman, this is your daughter now.” And to me,
he said, “That's your mother.” From that time on, I
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Near
the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the
wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
When
Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing
nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to
the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time
on, this disciple took her into his home. [19:25-27]~
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An
Empty Tomb
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Early
on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, I went to
pray at the tomb and was shocked to see that the stone had been
removed from the entrance. So I ran and went to Simon
Peter. I said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,
and I don't know where they have laid him.”
So
Peter and I ran back to the garden. I was faster and reached
the tomb first. Bending over, I looked in and saw strips of
linen lying there, but I didn't dare go inside.
However,
when Peter arrived he went straight into the tomb. He found
not only the strips of linen but also the cloth that had been wrapped
around Jesus' head, still lying in its place, separate from the linen.
Finally
I also went inside and saw that the tomb was empty, except for the
two piles of white fabric, one at the head and the other at the foot. |
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Early
on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed
from the entrance. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the
other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They
have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they
have laid him.”
So
Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were
running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying
there but did not go in.
Then
Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the
tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the
cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head. The cloth was still
lying in its place, separate from the linen.
Finally
the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went
inside. He saw and believed. [20:1-8]~ |
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The
Man in the Garden |
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Then
Peter went back to where the other disciples were staying, but I
couldn't bear to leave the tomb. I stood outside crying.
As I wept, I bent over to look again into the tomb.
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Through
my tears, I imagined the cloth and the linen to be two angels in
white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the
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I
thought I heard them asking me, “Woman, why are you
crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” I
moaned in reply, “and I don't know where they have put him.”
Then
I turned around. Standing there with his hoe was the gardener
who had helped us with the burial. It must have been his voice
I had heard. “Who are you looking for?” he
asked. I said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
where you have put him, and I will get him.” Trying to
comfort me, he said, “Mary, Mary!”
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How
did he know my name? This man had to be Jesus!
I
cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). |
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I
tried to throw my arms around him, but he said, “Don't hug
me! Go back to your friends. You can tell them that your
Jesus is not a dead body in a tomb. He is ascending to his
Father and your Father, to his God and your God.”
And
then he was gone. I went to the other disciples with the news:
“I have seen the Lord!” I told them what I had heard
him say. The news began to spread. Indeed, many people
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Then
the disciples went back to where they were staying. Now Mary
stood outside the tomb crying.
As
she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in
white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the
other at the foot.
They
asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?" “They
have taken my Lord away," she said, “and I don't know where
they have put him."
At
this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did
not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why
are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
Thinking
he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him
away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
Jesus said to her, “Mary."
She
turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!"
(which means “Teacher").
Jesus
said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the
Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Mary
Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the
Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to
her. [20:10-18]~ |
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