Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, and

the miracles. We'll read three chapters a day and finish in 30 days, so each month we

will read all four books. So go ahead and subscribe today and join us as we read the

Gospels together. Welcome to the third week of January. You are doing great. We started

with the book of John, and now we will finish the book of Luke today. Then we will read

Matthew and Mark. I will read three chapters to you today, the last three chapters of

the book of Luke. You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then I'll pray,

and that's it. So today is January 15th, day 15, and I will be reading Luke chapters 22

24, and the translation I'm reading from this month is NIV 84.

Chapter 22, Judas agrees to betray Jesus. Now the feast of unleavened bread called the

Passover was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some

way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas,

called a scarier one of the 12, and Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the

temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed

to give him money. He consented and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them

when no crowd was present. The last supper. Then came the day of unleavened bread on which the

Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John saying go and make preparations for

us to eat the Passover. Where do you want us to prepare for it? They asked. He replied,

as you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you, follow him to the house that he

enters, and say to the owner of the house, the teacher asks, where's the guest room where I may

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