John 18:1

Easy To Read Version

When Jesus finished praying, he left with his followers. They went across the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden \{of olive trees\}. Jesus and his followers went there.

Cross References

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God forced the man to leave the garden of Eden. Adam [22] was forced to go and work the ground he was made from.

2 Samuel 15:23

All the people [85] were crying loudly. King David crossed over Kidron Brook. Then all of the people went out to the desert.

1 Kings 15:13

Asa also removed his grandmother, Maacah, from being queen. Maacah had made one of those terrible images of the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down this terrible image. He burned it in Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 2:37

If you leave the city and go any further than Kidron Brook, then you will be killed. And it will be your own fault.”

2 Kings 23:12

In the past, the kings of Judah had built altars on the roof of Ahab’s building. King Manasseh had also built altars in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Josiah destroyed all those altars and threw the broken pieces into Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the other priests, and the gatekeepers, to bring out of the Lord’s temple [277] all the dishes and things that were made to honor Baal, [278] Asherah, [279] and the stars of heaven. Then Josiah burned those things outside Jerusalem in the fields in Kidron Valley. Then they carried the ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:6

Josiah removed the Asherah Pole [283] from the Lord’s temple. [284] He took the Asherah pole outside the city to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. Then he beat the burnt pieces into dust and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. [285]

2 Chronicles 15:16

King Asa also removed Maacah, his mother, from being queen mother. Asa did this because she had set up one of those awful poles to honor the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down that Asherah pole {\cf2\super [190]} and smashed it into small pieces. Then he burned the pieces in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:16

The priests went into the inside part of the Lord’s temple to clean it. They took out all the unclean {\cf2\super [343]} things they found in the Lord’s temple. They brought the unclean things to the yard of the Lord’s temple. Then the Levites took the unclean things out to the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 30:14

Those people took away the altars in Jerusalem that were for false gods. They also took away all the incense altars that were for false gods. They threw those altars into the Kidron Valley.

Nehemiah 2:15

So I went up the valley in the dark, inspecting the wall. Finally, I turned back and went back in through the Valley Gate.

Jeremiah 31:40

The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown will be holy to the Lord. And all the terraces down to the bottom of Kidron Valley all the way to the corner of Horse Gate will be included. All that area will be holy to the Lord. The city of Jerusalem will never again be torn down or destroyed.”

Leviticus 2:6

You must break it into pieces and pour oil over it. It is a grain offering.

Matthew 26:30

All the followers sang a song. Then they went out to the Mount of Olives. {\cf2\super [404]}

Matthew 26:36

Then Jesus went with his followers to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus said to his followers, “Sit here while I go there and pray.”

Mark 14:26

All the followers sang a song. Then they went out to the Mount of Olives. {\cf2\super [204]}

Mark 14:32

Jesus and his followers went to a place named Gethsemane. Jesus said to the followers, “Sit here while I pray.”

Mark 14:42

Stand up! We must go. Here comes the man who is giving me to those people.”

John 14:31

But the world must know that I love the Father. So I do exactly what the Father told me to do.

John 18:26

One of the servants of the high priest {\cf2\super [236]} was there. This servant was a relative to the man whose ear Peter had cut off. The servant said, “I think I saw you with him (Jesus) in the garden!”

Acts 21:11

He came to us and borrowed Paul’s belt. Then Agabus used the belt to tie his own hands and feet. Agabus said, “The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [418]} tells me, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie the man who wears this belt. {\cf2\super [419]} Then they will give him to the non-Jewish people.’”