Mark 14
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The Plot to Kill Jesus
(Matthew 26:1–5; Luke 22:1–2; John 11:45–57)
1It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some underhanded way to arrest Jesus and to kill him. 2However, they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there will be a riot among the people.”
A Woman Prepares Jesus’ Body for the Tomb
(Matthew 26:6–13; John 12:1–8)
3Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had suffered from a skin disease. While Jesus was sitting there, a woman went to him. She had a bottle of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She opened the bottle and poured the perfume on his head.
4Some who were there were irritated and said to one another, “Why was the perfume wasted like this? 5This perfume could have been sold for a high price, and the money could have been given to the poor.” So they said some very unkind things to her.
6Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7You will always have the poor with you and can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have me with you. 8She did what she could. She came to pour perfume on my body before it is placed in a tomb. 9I can guarantee this truth: Wherever the Good News is spoken in the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Judas Plans to Betray Jesus
(Matthew 26:14–16; Luke 22:3–6)
10Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus. 11They were pleased to hear what Judas had to say and promised to give him money. So he kept looking for a chance to betray Jesus.
Preparations for the Passover
(Matthew 26:17–20; Luke 22:7–17)
12Killing the Passover lamb was customary on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The disciples asked Jesus, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
13He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city. You will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him. 14When he goes into a house, tell the owner that the teacher asks, ‘Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 15He will take you upstairs and show you a large room. The room will be completely furnished. Get everything ready for us there.”
16The disciples left. They went into the city and found everything as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
17When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve apostles.
Jesus Knows Who Will Betray Him
(Matthew 26:21–25; Luke 22:21–23; John 13:21–30)
18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me!”
19Feeling hurt, they asked him one by one, “You don’t mean me, do you?”
20He said to them, “It’s one of you twelve, someone dipping his hand into the bowl with me. 21The Son of Man is going to die as the Scriptures say he will. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays the Son of Man! It would have been better for that person if he had never been born.”
The Lord’s Supper
(Matthew 26:26–30; Luke 22:19–20)
22While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “Take this. This is my body.”
23Then he took a cup, spoke a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave the cup to them. They all drank from it. 24He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the promise.#14:24 Or “testament,” or “covenant.” It is poured out for many people.
25“I can guarantee this truth: I won’t drink this wine again until that day when I drink new wine in God’s kingdom.”
26After they sang a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
(Matthew 26:31–35; Luke 22:31–34; John 13:36–38)
27Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will abandon me. Scripture says,
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’
28“But after I am brought back to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”
29Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else abandons you, I won’t.”
30Jesus said to Peter, “I can guarantee this truth: Tonight, before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”
31But Peter said very strongly, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never say that I don’t know you.” All the other disciples said the same thing.
Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
(Matthew 26:36–46; Luke 22:39–46)
32Then they came to a place called Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Stay here while I pray.”
33He took Peter, James, and John with him and began to feel distressed and anguished. 34He said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait here, and stay awake.”
35After walking a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible he might not have to suffer what was ahead of him. 36He said, “Abba! #14:36 Abba is Aramaic for “father.” Father! You can do anything. Take this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ away from me. But let your will be done rather than mine.”
37He went back and found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour? 38Stay awake, and pray that you won’t be tempted. You want to do what’s right, but you’re weak.”
39He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before. 40He found them asleep because they couldn’t keep their eyes open. They didn’t even know what they should say to him.
41He came back a third time and said to them, “You might as well sleep now. It’s all over. The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners. 42Get up! Let’s go! The one who is betraying me is near.”
Jesus Is Arrested
(Matthew 26:47–56; Luke 22:47–54a; John 18:1–14)
43Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles, arrived. A crowd carrying swords and clubs was with him. They were from the chief priests, the experts in Moses’ Teachings, and the leaders of the people. 44Now, the traitor had given them a signal. He said, “The one I kiss is the man you want. Arrest him, and guard him closely as you take him away.”
45Then Judas quickly stepped up to Jesus and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.
46Some men took hold of Jesus and arrested him. 47One of those standing there pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of the chief priest’s servant.
48Jesus asked them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a criminal? 49I used to teach in the temple courtyard every day. But you didn’t arrest me then. But what the Scriptures say must come true.”
50Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.
51A certain young man was following Jesus. He had nothing on but a linen sheet. They tried to arrest him, 52but he left the linen sheet behind and ran away naked.
The Trial in Front of the Jewish Council
(Matthew 26:57–68; Luke 22:63–71)
53The men took Jesus to the chief priest. All the chief priests, the leaders, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings had gathered together. 54Peter followed him at a distance and went into the chief priest’s courtyard. He sat with the guards and warmed himself facing the glow of a fire.
55The chief priests and the whole Jewish council were searching for some testimony against Jesus in order to execute him. But they couldn’t find any. 56Many gave false testimony against him, but their statements did not agree.
57Then some men stood up and gave false testimony against him. They said, 58“We heard him say, ‘I’ll tear down this temple made by humans, and in three days I’ll build another temple, one not made by human hands.’ ” 59But their testimony did not agree even on this point.
60So the chief priest stood up in the center and asked Jesus, “Don’t you have any answer to what these men testify against you?”
61But he was silent.
The chief priest asked him again, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62Jesus answered, “Yes, I am, and you will see the Son of Man in the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. He will be coming with the clouds of heaven.”
63The chief priest tore his clothes in horror and said, “Why do we need any more witnesses? 64You’ve heard him dishonor God! What’s your verdict?”
All of them condemned him with the death sentence. 65Some of them began to spit on him. They covered his face and hit him with their fists. They said to him, “Prophesy!” Even the guards took him and slapped him.
Peter Denies Jesus
(Matthew 26:69–75; Luke 22:54b–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27)
66Peter was in the courtyard. One of the chief priest’s female servants 67saw Peter warming himself. She looked at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth!”
68But Peter denied it by saying, “I don’t know him, and I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
He went to the entrance. Then a rooster crowed.#14:68 Some manuscripts and translations omit this sentence.
69The servant saw him. Once again she said to those who were standing around, “This man is one of them!” 70Peter again denied it.
After a little while the men standing there said to Peter again, “It’s obvious you’re one of them. You’re a Galilean!”
71Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about!” 72Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter began to cry very hard.
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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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