2 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.^{(A) 2} On the seventh^[a] day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested^[b] on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.^{(B) 3} God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested^(C) from all his work of creation.^(D)

Man and Woman in the Garden

⁴ These are the records^(E) of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time^[c] that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵ no shrub of the field^(F) had yet grown on the land,^[d] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. ⁶ But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground. ⁷ Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground^(G) and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils,^(H) and the man became a living being.^(I)

⁸ The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,^(J) and there he placed the man he had formed. ⁹ The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,^(K) as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(L)

¹⁰ A river went^[e] out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.^{[f] 11} The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah,^[g](M) where there is gold. ¹² Gold from that land is pure;^[h] bdellium^[i] and onyx^[j] are also there. ¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is Tigris,^(N) which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.^(O)

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden,^{(P) 17} but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”^{(Q) 18} Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding^(R) to him.” ¹⁹ The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it.^(S) And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man^[k] no helper was found corresponding to him. ²¹ So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man,^(T) and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. ²² Then the Lord God made the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.^{(U) 23} And the man said:

²⁴ This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.^{(W) 25} Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.

²⁷ Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸ For this is my blood of the covenant,^[a] which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.^{(A) 29} But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”^{(B) 30} After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.^(C)

Peter’s Denial Predicted

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written:

³² But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”^(E)

³³ Peter told him, “Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.”

³⁴ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”^(F)

³⁵ “Even if I have to die with you,” Peter told him, “I will never deny you,” and all the disciples said the same thing.

The Prayer in the Garden

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,^(G) and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.^{(H) 38} He said to them, “I am deeply grieved^[c] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”^{(I) 39} Going a little farther,^[d] he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”^(J)

⁴⁰ Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour? ⁴¹ Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this^[e] cannot pass^[f] unless I drink it, your will be done.”^{(K) 43} And he came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

⁴⁴ After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Psalm 64

Protection from Evildoers

For the choir director. A psalm of David.