Matthew 26:53-55

New International Reader's Version

⁵³ Do you think I can’t ask my Father for help? He would send an army of more than 70,000 angels right away. ⁵⁴ But then how would the Scriptures come true? They say it must happen in this way.”

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus spoke to the crowd. “Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked. “Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courtyard teaching. And you didn’t arrest me.