Catholic Public Domain Version
"Or do you think that I cannot ask my Father, so that he would give me, even now, more than twelve legions of Angels? "
— Matthew 26:53, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?”
“Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? ”
“Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?”
“Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?”
“Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?”
“Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?”
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?”
And Jesus said to him, “Friend, for what purpose have you come?” Then they approached, and they put their hands on Jesus, and they held him.
And behold, one of those who were with Jesus, extending his hand, drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
Then Jesus said to him: “Put your sword back in its place. For all who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
Or do you think that I cannot ask my Father, so that he would give me, even now, more than twelve legions of Angels?
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must be so?”
In that same hour, Jesus said to the crowds: “You went out, as if to a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me. Yet I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not take hold of me.
But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning him.