Mark 14
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1It was now two days before the Passover and the Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by deception and kill him; 2for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people." 3And while he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly. Breaking the alabaster flask, she poured it over his head. 4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this waste of the ointment been made? 5For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they murmured against her. 6But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has worked a beautiful work on me. 7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do them good; but me you do not always have. 8What she had, this woman did; she anticipated to anoint my body for the burial. 9Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of for a memorial of her." 10And Judas Iscariot, the one of the Twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them. 11And having heard it, they rejoiced, and promised to give him money. And he was seeking how he might conveniently deliver him up. 12And on the first day of the Unleavened Bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover, his disciples say to him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready, that you may eat the Passover?" 13And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him. 14And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15And he will himself show you a large upper room, furnished and ready; there make ready for us." 16And his disciples went out and came into the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they made ready the Passover. 17And when evening came, he comes with the Twelve. 18And while they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—the one eating with me." 19They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, "Not I?" and another, "Not I?" 20But he said to them, "It is one of the Twelve—the one dipping with me into the one dish. 21For the Son of Man goes just as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born." 22And while they were eating, taking bread, blessing, he broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body." 23And taking a cup, giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24And he said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly I tell you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." 26And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of the Olives. 27And Jesus says to them, "You will all be made to stumble, because it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' 28But after I am raised up, I will go before you into the Galilee." 29But Peter said to him, "Even if all will be made to stumble, yet I will not." 30And Jesus says to him, "Truly I tell you, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." 31But he kept speaking all the more vehemently, "If I must die with you, I will in no way deny you." And they all were saying the same thing. 32And they come to a place of which the name is Gethsemane; and he says to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." 33And he takes with him Peter, and James, and John, and he began to be profoundly distressed and deeply troubled. 34And he says to them, "My soul is deeply sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and keep watch." 35And going forward a little, he fell on the ground, and was praying that, if it is possible, the hour might pass from him. 36And he was saying, "Abba, the Father, all things are possible for you; remove this cup from me; but not what I will, but what you will." 37And he comes and finds them sleeping, and he says to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not keep watch one hour? 38Keep watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 39And again going away, he prayed, saying the same word. 40And returning, he found them sleeping again, for their eyes were weighed down; and they did not know what to answer him. 41And he comes the third time, and says to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Rise, let us go; look, the one betraying me has drawn near." 43And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, being one of the Twelve, arrives, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. 44Now the one betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, he is the one; seize him, and lead him away safely." 45And arriving, immediately approaching him, he says, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him. 46And they laid their hands on him and seized him. 47But a certain one of those standing by, drawing his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48And answering, Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to apprehend me? 49Daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me; but this is that the Scriptures may be fulfilled." 50And abandoning him, they all fled. 51And a certain young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth over his naked body; and the young men seize him. 52But leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled naked. 53And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes come together with him. 54And Peter followed him from 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 were seeking testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they were finding none. 56For many were bearing false testimony against him, and the testimonies were not equal. 57And certain ones, standing up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying, 58"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this sanctuary made-with-hands, and in three days I will build another made-without-hands.'" 59And not even so was their testimony equal. 60And the high priest, standing up in the center, questioned Jesus, saying, "Do you answer nothing? What is it that these testify against you?" 61But he kept silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him, and says to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" 62And Jesus said, "I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." 63And the high priest, tearing his garments, says, "What further need do we have of witnesses? 64You have heard the blasphemy! What does it appear to you?" And they all condemned him as being worthy of death. 65And some began to spit on him, and to blindfold his face, and to beat him, and to say to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with slaps. 66And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maidservants of the high priest comes. 67And seeing Peter warming himself, looking closely at him, she says, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus." 68But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are saying." And he went out into the forecourt, and a rooster crowed. 69And the maidservant, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by, "This is one of them." 70But he was denying it again. And after a little while again those standing by were saying to Peter, "Truly you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean." 71But he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak!" 72And immediately for a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word how Jesus said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And breaking down, he was weeping.
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