Mark 14
JESUS
Anointed at Bethany
14 Now the Passover and the
Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and
the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest JESUS secretly and kill HIM.
2 ‘But not during the festival,’ they said, ‘or the people may riot.’
3 While HE was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home
of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive
perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on HIS
head.
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, ‘Why
this waste of perfume?
5 It could have been sold for more
than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.’
And they rebuked her harshly.
6 ‘Leave her alone,’ said JESUS. ‘Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful
thing to ME.
7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can
help them any time you want. But you will not always have ME.
8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on MY body beforehand
to prepare for MY burial.
9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached
throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of
her.’
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief
priests to betray JESUS
to them.
11 They were delighted to hear this
and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand HIM
over.
The
Last Supper
12 On the first day of the Festival
of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice THE PASSOVER LAMB, JESUS’ disciples
asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the
Passover?’
13 So HE sent two of HIS disciples, telling them, ‘Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water
will meet you. Follow HIM.
14 Say to the owner of the house HE enters, ‘THE TEACHER asks:
Where is MY guest room, where I may eat the Passover with MY disciples?’
15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished
and ready. Make preparations for us there.’
16 The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as JESUS had told them.
So they prepared the Passover.
17 When evening came, JESUS arrived with the Twelve.
18 While they were reclining at the
table eating, HE said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of you will betray ME—one who is eating
with ME.’
19 They were saddened, and one by one they said to HIM, ‘Surely YOU
don’t mean me?’
20 ‘It is one of the Twelve,’ HE replied, ‘one who dips bread into the bowl with me.
21 THE SON OF MAN will
go just as it is written about HIM. But woe to that man who betrays THE SON OF MAN! It
would be better for him if he had not been born.’
22 While they were eating, JESUS took bread, and when HE had given
thanks, HE broke it and gave it to HIS disciples, saying, ‘Take it; this is my body.’
23 Then HE took a cup, and when HE had given thanks, HE gave it to
them, and they all drank from it.
24 ‘This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many,’
HE
said to them.
25 ‘Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the
fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of GOD.’
26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
JESUS
Predicts Peter’s Denial
27 ‘You will all fall away,; JESUS told
them, ‘for
it is written:
‘I will strike THE SHEPHERD,
and the sheep will be scattered.’
28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into
Galilee.’
29 Peter declared, ‘Even if all fall away, I will not.’
30 ‘Truly I tell you,’ JESUS
answered, ‘today—yes,
tonight—before the rooster crows twice
you yourself will disown ME three times.’
31 But Peter insisted emphatically, ‘Even if I have to die with YOU, I
will never disown YOU.’ And all the others said the same.
Gethsemane
32 They went to a place called
Gethsemane, and JESUS
said to HIS disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’
33 HE took Peter,
James and John along with HIM, and HE began to be deeply distressed and
troubled.
34 ‘MY soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of
death,’ HE said to
them. ‘Stay
here and keep watch.’
35 Going a little farther, HE fell to the ground and prayed that if
possible the hour might pass from HIM.
36 ‘Abba, FATHER,’ HE said, “everything is possible for YOU. Take this cup from ME. Yet
not what I will, but what YOU will.”
37 Then 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?
38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into
temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.’
39 Once more HE went away and prayed the same thing.
40 When HE came back, HE again found
them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to HIM.
41 Returning the third time, HE said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The
hour has come. Look, THE
SON OF MAN is delivered into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise! Let us go! Here comes MY betrayer!’
JESUS
Arrested
43 Just as HE was speaking,
Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords
and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the
elders.
44 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: ‘THE ONE I kiss is THE MAN; arrest HIM
and lead HIM away under guard.’
45 Going at once
to JESUS,
Judas
said, ‘RABBI!’ and
kissed HIM.
46 The men seized JESUS and arrested HIM.
47 Then one of those standing near
drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
48 ‘Am I leading a rebellion,’ said JESUS, ‘that you have come out with swords and clubs to
capture ME?
49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple
courts, and you did not arrest ME. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.’
50 Then everyone
deserted HIM and fled.
51 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following JESUS. When they
seized him,
52 he fled naked, leaving his garment
behind.
JESUS
Before the Sanhedrin
53 They took JESUS to the high
priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came
together.
54 Peter followed HIM at a distance,
right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards
and warmed himself at the fire.
55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for
evidence against JESUS
so that they could put HIM to death, but they did not find any.
56 Many testified falsely against HIM,
but their statements did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against HIM:
58 ‘We heard HIM say, ‘I will destroy
this temple made with human hands and in three days will build
another, not made with hands.’
59 Yet even then their testimony did
not agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked JESUS, ‘Are you not
going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against YOU?’
61 But JESUS remained silent
and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked HIM, ‘Are
you THE MESSIAH,
THE SON OF THE BLESSED
ONE?”
62 ‘I am,’ said
JESUS. ‘And you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF THE MIGHTY ONE AND COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.’
63 The high priest tore his
clothes. ‘Why do we need any more witnesses?’ he asked.
64 ‘You have heard the blasphemy.
What do you think?’
They all condemned HIM as worthy
of death.
65 Then some began to spit at HIM;
they blindfolded HIM, struck HIM with their fists, and said, ‘Prophesy!’ And
the guards took HIM and beat HIM.
Peter
Disowns JESUS
66 While Peter was below in the
courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.
67 When she saw Peter warming
himself, she looked closely at him.
‘You also were with THAT NAZARENE, JESUS,’ she
said.
68 But he denied it. ‘I don’t know or understand what you’re talking
about,’ he said, and went out into the entryway.
69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those
standing around, ‘This fellow is one of them.’
70 Again he
denied it.
After a little while, those
standing near said to Peter, ‘Surely you are one of them, for you are a
Galilean.’
71 He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, ‘I don’t know THIS MAN you’re
talking about.’
72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter
remembered the word JESUS
had spoken to him: ‘Before
the rooster crows twice
you will disown me three times.’ And he broke down and wept.”
