Mark 14
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1It was now two days before Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the religious leaders were trying to find a surreptitious way to arrest Jesus and have him killed. 2“But not during Passover,” they said to themselves, “otherwise the people may riot.”
3Meanwhile Jesus was in Bethany, eating a meal at Simon the leper's home. A woman came in with an alabaster jar of very expensive pure nard perfume.#14:3. Nard: an essential oil derived from the roots of the spikenard plant native to China and India. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.
4Some of those who were there became annoyed and said, “Why waste this perfume? 5It could've been sold for a year's wages#14:5. Literally, “300 denarii.” and the money given to the poor.” They were angry with her.
6But Jesus replied, “Leave her alone! Why are you criticizing her for doing something beautiful to me? 7You'll always have the poor with you,#14:7. See Deuteronomy 15:11. and you can help them whenever you want. But you won't always have me with you. 8She did what she could: she anointed my body in anticipation of my burial. 9I tell you the truth: wherever the good news is spread in the world, people will remember what she did.”
10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the chief priests and arranged to betray Jesus to them. 11When they heard this, they were delighted, and promised to pay him. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
12On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the time when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover meal for you?”
13He sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city and there you'll meet a man carrying a water pot. Follow him, 14and when he goes into a house, ask the owner where I and my disciples can celebrate the Passover. 15He will take you to a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. You can make preparations for us there.”
16The disciples went into the city, and found things just as he'd described them. They prepared the Passover meal. 17In the evening Jesus went there with the twelve disciples.
18While they were sitting eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth: one of you is going to betray me; one who is eating with me now.”
19They were shocked, and they each asked, “It's not me, is it?”
20“It's one of the Twelve, one of you sharing this food with me,” he replied. 21“The Son of man will die, just as the Scriptures predicted. But how terrible it will be for the man who betrays the Son of man! It would be better for that man if he'd never been born.” 22As they were eating, Jesus picked up some bread. He blessed it, and gave it to them. “Take it. This is my body,” he told them.
23Then he picked up the cup. He blessed it, and gave it to them. They all drank from it. 24“This is my blood,” he told them, “the agreement#14:24. Or “covenant,” or “pledge.” that's being poured out for many. 25I tell you the truth, I won't drink of the fruit of the vine until the day I drink it fresh in God's kingdom.”
26After they had sung a psalm, they left for the Mount of Olives.
27“All of you will abandon me,” Jesus told them. “For as the Scriptures say, ‘I will attack the shepherd, and the sheep will be completely scattered.’#14:27. Quoting Zechariah 13:7. 28But after I have risen from the dead, I will go before you to Galilee.”
29“I won't abandon you even if everyone else does,” Peter replied.
30Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth that today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny that you even know me three times.”
31But Peter was totally adamant, saying, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” All of them said the same.
32They arrived at a place called Gethsemane,#14:32. Meaning “olive press.” where Jesus told his disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray.” 33He took Peter, James, and John with him. He began to be very disturbed and troubled.
34Jesus told them, “My agony is so painful it feels like I'm dying. Please, remain here and stay awake.” 35He went a little farther on and then fell to the ground. He prayed, asking to be spared the time#14:35. Literally, “hour.” that was coming, if it were possible.
36“Abba, Father! You can do everything,” he said. “Please, take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet it's not what I want, but what you want.”
37Then Jesus returned and found the disciples asleep. “Simon, are you sleeping?” he asked Peter. “Couldn't you stay awake for just an hour? 38Stay awake, and pray so you won't fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
39He left them once more, and prayed, saying the same things. 40Then he returned, and again he found them sleeping because they couldn't keep their eyes open.#14:40. Literally, “their eyes were burdened down.” They didn't know what to say! 41He returned a third time, and asked them, “Are you still asleep? Are you still resting? Well that's enough,#14:41. The meaning of the Greek word here is unclear. It usually means “paid in full.” because the time has come! Look, the Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Get up! Let's go! See, here comes my betrayer.”
43Just as he was saying this, Judas—one of the twelve disciples—arrived with a mob carrying swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests, religious leaders, and elders. 44Now the betrayer had arranged a sign with them: “He's the one that I kiss. Arrest him, and take him away under guard.”
45Judas went right up to Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, and kissed him affectionately. 46So they grabbed hold of Jesus and arrested him. 47But one of those standing there pulled out his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
48“Am I some kind of rebel that you have come to arrest me with swords and clubs?” Jesus asked them. 49“I was there with you, teaching in the Temple every day. Why didn't you arrest me then? But this is happening to fulfill the Scriptures.”
50Then all Jesus' disciples deserted him and ran away. 51(One of his followers was a young man who was wearing only a linen garment. 52They seized hold of him, but he ran off naked, leaving the garment behind.)
53They took Jesus to the high priest's house where all the chief priests, elders, and religious teachers had gathered. 54Peter followed him at a distance, and went into the courtyard of the high priest's house. He sat down with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.
55Inside the chief priests and the whole governing council#14:55. Literally, “Sanhedrin.” were trying to find some evidence to have Jesus put to death, but they couldn't find anything. 56Many were giving false testimony against him, but their statements didn't agree.
57Some of them got up to speak falsely against Jesus. 58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple that human hands built, and in three days I will build another without hands.’” 59But even so their testimony didn't agree.
60Then the high priest stood up in front of the council, and asked Jesus, “Have you nothing to say in response to these charges made against you?” 61But Jesus remained silent and didn't answer. So the high priest asked again, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62“I am,” Jesus replied, “and you will see the Son of man sitting on the right of the Mighty One, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”#14:62. See Psalms 110:1 and Daniel 7:13.
63The high priest tore his clothes#14:63. In those times an expression of great anguish. and asked, “Why do we need any more witnesses? 64You have heard the blasphemy! What's your reaction?”
They all found him guilty and condemned him to death. 65Then some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him, hit him with their fists, and said, “Why don't you prophesy then, you ‘Prophet’!” The guards took him away and beat him up.
66Meanwhile Peter was down below in the courtyard. One of the high priest's servant-girls passed by, 67and seeing Peter warming himself, looked straight at him and said, “You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!”
68But he denied it. “I don't know what you're talking about or what you mean,” he replied. Then he went out to the forecourt, and a rooster crowed.#14:68 “And a rooster crowed.” This phrase is not found in some of the early manuscripts.
69Seeing him there, the servant girl repeated to those standing around, “This man is one of them!” 70Once more Peter denied it. A little while later they said to Peter again, “You're definitely one of them because you're a Galilean too!”
71Peter began calling down curses on himself and he swore, “I don't know this man you're talking about.” 72Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he realized what he'd done, he burst into tears.
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Marqos (Mark) 14
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1Now the Pĕsaḥ#Passover. and the Festival of Matzot#Unleavened Bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to take Him through treachery and put Him to death.
2And they said, “Not at the festival, lest there shall be an uproar of the people.”
3And while He was in Bĕyth Anyah in the house of Shim‛on the leper, and sitting at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of perfume, genuine nard, very costly. And breaking the flask she poured it on His head.
4But there were some who were much displeased among themselves, and said, “Why was this perfume wasted?
5For it could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they were scolding her.
6But יהושע said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.
7“For you have the poor with you always, and you are able do good to them, whenever you wish. But you do not always have Me.
8“What she had, she used. She took it beforehand to anoint My body for the burial.
9Truly, I say to you, wherever this Good News is proclaimed in all the world, what this woman did shall also be spoken of, to her remembrance.
10And Yehuḏah from Qerioth, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to deliver Him up to them.
11And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him silver. And he was seeking how to deliver Him up, conveniently.
12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they were slaughtering the Pĕsah#Passover. lamb, His taught ones said to Him, “Where do You wish us to go and prepare, for You to eat the Pĕsaḥ?”
13And He sent out two of His taught ones and said to them, “Go into the city, and there a man bearing a jar of water shall meet you, follow him.
14And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is the guest room in which I am to eat the Pĕsaḥ with My taught ones?” ’
15And he shall show you a large upper room, furnished, ready. Prepare for us there.
16And His taught ones went out and came into the city, and found it as He said to them, and they prepared the Pĕsaḥ.
17And evening having come, He came with the twelve.
18And as they sat and ate, יהושע said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you who is eating with Me shall deliver Me up.”
19And they began to be grieved, and to say to Him one by one, “Is it I?” And another, “Is it I?”
20And He answering, said to them, “It is one of the twelve, he who is dipping with Me in the dish.
21The Son of Aḏam is indeed going, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Aḏam is delivered up! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.
22And as they were eating, יהושע took bread, having blessed, broke it, gave it to them and said, “Take, eat, this is My body.”
23And taking the cup, giving thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
24And He said to them, “This is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many.
25Truly, I say to you, I shall certainly no more drink of the fruit of the vine till that day when I drink it anew in the reign of Elohim.
26And having sung a song, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27And יהושע said to them, “All of you shall stumble in Me this night, for it has been written, ‘I shall strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’# Zech. 13:7
28But after I am raised, I shall go before you to Galil.
29And Kĕpha said to Him, “Even if all shall stumble, yet not I.”
30And יהושע said to him, “Truly, I say to you that today, this night, before the cock shall crow twice, you shall deny Me three times.”
31But he spoke more strongly, “If I have to die with You, I shall not deny You!” And they all said the same.
32And they came to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to His taught ones, “Sit here while I pray.”
33And He took with Him Kĕpha, and Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yoḥanan, and He began to be greatly amazed, and to be deeply distressed.
34And He said to them, “My being is exceedingly grieved, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
35And He went on a little, and fell on the ground, and was praying that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
36And He said, “Abba, Father, all is possible for You. Make this cup pass from Me. Yet not what I desire, but what You desire.”
37And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Kĕpha, “Shim‛on, are you sleeping? You were not able to watch one hour!
38Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.
39And again He went away and prayed, and spoke the same words.
40And having returned, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
41And He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come. See, the Son of Aḏam is being delivered up into the hands of the sinners.
42Rise up, let us go. See, he who is delivering Me up has drawn near.
43And immediately, while He was still speaking, Yehuḏah, one of the twelve, with a large crowd with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44And the one who was delivering Him up had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, it is He – seize Him and lead Him away safely.”
45And coming, going straight up to Him, he said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
46And they laid their hands on Him and seized Him.
47And one of those standing by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48And יהושע answering, said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to take Me?
49Daily I was with you in the Set-apart Place teaching, and you did not seize Me. But let the Scriptures be filled.
50And they all left Him and fled.
51And a certain young man was following Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And when they seized him,
52he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.
53And they led יהושע away to the high priest. And all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes came together to Him.
54And Kĕpha followed Him at a distance, even into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.
55And the chief priests and all the council were seeking witness against יהושע to put Him to death, and they were finding none.
56For many bore false witness against Him, but their evidences did not agree.
57And some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying,
58We heard Him saying, ‘I shall destroy this Dwelling Place that is made with hands, and within three days I shall build another made without hands.’
59And not even then did their witness agree.
60Then the high priest stood up in the centre and asked יהושע, saying, “Have You no answer to make? What do these witness against You?”
61But He remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?”
62And יהושע said, “I am, and you shall see the Son of Aḏam sitting at the right hand of the Power,# Psa. 110:1 and coming with the clouds of the heaven.”#Dan. 7:13
63And tearing his garments, the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
64You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think? And they all condemned Him to be liable to death.
65And some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands.
66And as Kĕpha was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,
67and seeing Kĕpha warming himself, she looked at him and said, “And you were with יהושע of Natsareth.”
68But he denied it, saying, “I do not know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out onto the porch, and a cock crowed.
69And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, “This is one of them.”
70And again he was denying it. And after a little while those who stood by again said to Kĕpha, “Truly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too, and your speech is alike.”
71And he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak!”
72And a second time the cock crowed. And Kĕpha remembered the word that יהושע had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you shall deny Me three times.” And thinking on it, he wept.
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