Mark 14
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A Woman Pours Perfume on Jesus at Bethany
1When the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, the chief priests and the teachers of the law got together to make plans to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2“But we can’t do it during the feast,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
3Jesus was in Bethany, eating dinner in the home of Simon the Leper. A woman came in with an alabaster jar that contained very expensive perfume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.
4Some of the people there got angry and said to one another, “Why did she waste that perfume? 5It could have been sold for more than a year’s pay, and the money could have been given to the poor.” And they started angrily telling the woman that she’d done something wrong.
6“Leave her alone,” Jesus told them. “Why are you criticizing her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7You’ll always have the poor with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you won’t always have me. 8She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial. 9Truly I tell you, what she has done will be told wherever the good news is preached all over the world, and she will be remembered.”
10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 disciples, went to the chief priests and offered to hand Jesus over to them. 11They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So he looked for the right time to hand Jesus over to them.
The Last Supper
12On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was time to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover meal for you?”
13He sent out two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and you’ll meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him 14when he goes into a house. Say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is my guest room, where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?” ’ 15He’ll show you a large room upstairs that’s already set up with furniture. Prepare the meal there for us.”
16The disciples left and went into the city, and they found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.
17When evening came, Jesus arrived with the 12 disciples. 18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with me will hand me over to my enemies.”
19They were dismayed. One by one they asked him, “Surely you don’t mean me?”
20“It’s one of you,” Jesus replied, “one who has dipped his bread into the same bowl as me. 21The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would have been better for him if he’d never been born.”
22While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take this; it is my body.”
23Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he handed it to them, and they all drank from it.
24“This is my blood of the covenant,” he told them, “poured out for many. 25Truly I tell you, I won’t drink wine with you again until the day I drink it in the kingdom of God.”
26Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Says That the Disciples Will Turn Away
27“You’re all going to abandon me,” Jesus told his disciples. “It is written,
“ ‘I will strike down the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’
28But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
29Peter replied, “Even if all the others abandon you, I never will.”
30“Truly I tell you,” Jesus responded, “tonight—before the rooster crows twice—you’ll claim three times that you don’t know me.”
31But Peter insisted, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never say that I don’t know you.” And all the others said the same thing.
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
32They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told his disciples, “Sit here while I go pray.” 33He took Peter, James, and John along with him. He became very distressed, and he said to them, 34“My soul is filled with anguish, and I feel like I might die. Stay here and keep watch.”
35He went a little farther, and then he fell to the ground and prayed that, if possible, he wouldn’t have to go through the time that was coming. 36“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. Not what I want, though. Do what you want.”
37Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? 38Watch and pray so that you won’t fall into sin when you’re tempted. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
39Once more Jesus went away and prayed the same thing. 40When he came back, he found them sleeping once again. They couldn’t keep their eyes open, and they didn’t know what to say to him.
41When Jesus came back a third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is about to be handed over to sinners. 42Get up! Let’s go! Here comes the one who’s handing me over to them!”
Jesus Is Arrested
43While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the 12 disciples, suddenly appeared. He had a group of men with him who were armed with swords and clubs. The chief priests, teachers of the law, and elders had sent them.
44Judas had arranged to hand Jesus over by giving them a signal. “The one I kiss will be the man,” he’d told them. “Arrest him and have the guards lead him away.” 45Judas went right over to Jesus and said, “Rabbi!” Then he kissed him. 46The men grabbed Jesus and arrested him. 47Then one of those who was with Jesus reached for his sword. He pulled it out and slashed at the high priest’s slave with it, cutting off his ear.
48“Am I leading a rebellion against you?” asked Jesus. “Did you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? 49I was with you every day, teaching in the temple courtyard, and you didn’t arrest me. But the Scriptures must come true.” 50Then all his disciples abandoned him and ran away.
51A young man was following Jesus, wearing just a linen cloth. The men tried to grab him too, 52but he wriggled out of his clothing and ran away naked.
The Sanhedrin Puts Jesus on Trial
53The men took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and teachers of the law gathered for his trial. 54Peter followed Jesus from a distance and came as close as the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.
55The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin (the council of elders) were looking for evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death. But they didn’t find anything they could use. 56Many witnesses said things about him that weren’t true, and their stories didn’t agree.
57Then some people stood up and gave this false testimony about him: 58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made by human hands, and in three days I will build another temple that’s not made by human hands.’ ” 59But even their stories didn’t agree.
60Then the high priest stood up in front of everyone and asked Jesus, “Aren’t you going to answer? What have you got to say about the charges these men are bringing against you?” 61But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
So the high priest asked him directly, “Are you the Messiah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”
62“I am,” Jesus replied. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One, coming on the clouds of heaven.”
63The high priest ripped his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. 64“You’ve heard him claim that he’s God! How does it look to you?”
They all found him guilty and said he had to die. 65Then some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him, hit him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” Then the guards took him and beat him.
Peter Says He Doesn’t Know Jesus
66Peter was still down in the courtyard. One of the high priest’s female servants came by, 67and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him closely.
“You were also with Jesus, that Nazarene,” she said.
68But Peter denied it. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he insisted, “it’s nonsense.” Then he went out to the entrance to the courtyard. A rooster crowed.
69The same servant noticed him again there and she said to those who were standing around, “This man is one of them.” 70Peter denied it again.
After a little while, those who were standing nearby said to Peter, “You must be one of them, because you’re from Galilee.”
71“May I be cursed if I’m not telling the truth!” Peter said to them. “I swear that I don’t know this man you’re talking about!”
72Right then the rooster crowed for a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you’ll say three times that you don’t know me.” And he broke down and cried.
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Mark 14
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Mt 26.1-5; Lk 22.1-2; Jn 11.47-53. It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him; 2for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.”
3 #
Mt 26.6-13; Lk 7.36-38; Jn 12.1-8. And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment thus wasted? 5For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,#14.5 The denarius was a day's wage for a laborer and given to the poor.” And they reproached her. 6But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7#Deut 15.11. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me. 8#Jn 19.40. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying. 9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
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Mt 26.14-16; Lk 22.3-6. Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
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Mt 26.17-19; Lk 22.7-13. And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?” 13And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, 14and wherever he enters, say to the householder, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?’ 15And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” 16And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
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Mt 26.20-25; Lk 22.14,21-23; Jn 13.21-30; Ps 41.9. And when it was evening he came with the twelve. 18And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” 19They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” 20He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. 21For the Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
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Mt 26.26-29; Lk 22.17-19; 1 Cor 11.23-26. #Mk 6.41; 8.6; Lk 24.30. And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23#1 Cor 10.16. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24#Ex 24.8; Heb 9.20. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the#14.24 Other ancient authorities insert new covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
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Mt 26.30-35; Lk 22.33-34. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27#Zech 13.7; Jn 16.32. And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28#Mk 16.7. But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” 29Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” 30#Mk 14.66-72; Jn 13.36-38; 18.17-18,25-27. And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 31But he said vehemently, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.
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Mt 26.36-46; Lk 22.40-46; Heb 5.7-8. And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.” 33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34#Jn 12.27. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch.”#14.34 Or keep awake 35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36#Rom 8.15; Gal 4.6; Mk 10.38; Jn 18.11. And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.” 37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch#14.37 Or keep awake one hour? 38#Mt 6.13; Lk 11.4. Watch#14.38 Or keep awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very 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 taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
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Mt 26.47-56; Lk 22.47-53; Jn 18.2-11. And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard.” 45And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, “Master!”#14.45 Or Rabbi And he kissed him. 46And they laid hands on him and seized him. 47But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. 48And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? 49#Lk 19.47; Jn 18.19-21. Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.” 50And they all forsook him, and fled.
51And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him, 52but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
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Mt 26.57-68; Lk 22.54-55,63-71; Jn 18.12-24. And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled. 54And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the guards, and warming himself at the fire. 55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death; but they found none. 56For many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree. 57And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58#Mk 13.2; 15.29; Acts 6.14; Jn 2.19. “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’ ” 59Yet not even so did their testimony agree. 60And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 61But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62#Dan 7.13; Mk 9.1; 13.26. And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63#Acts 14.14; Num 14.6. And the high priest tore his garments, and said, “Why do we still need witnesses? 64#Lev 24.16. You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. 65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.
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Mt 26.69-75; Lk 22.56-62; Jn 18.16-18,25-27; Mk 14.30. And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came; 67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” 68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway.#14.68 Or fore-court. Other ancient authorities add and the cock crowed 69And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” 70But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.” 71But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” 72And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
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