14Mark 14

The Plot against Jesus

1It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.Select Mark 14:1

2“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people might riot.”Select Mark 14:2

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

3Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.Select Mark 14:3

4Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, “What was the use of wasting the perfume?Select Mark 14:4

5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” And they criticized her harshly.Select Mark 14:5

6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me.Select Mark 14:6

7You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.Select Mark 14:7

8She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.Select Mark 14:8

9Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”Select Mark 14:9

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them.Select Mark 14:10

11They were pleased to hear what he had to say, and promised to give him money. So Judas started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.Select Mark 14:11

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

12On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the day the lambs for the Passover meal were killed, Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and get the Passover meal ready for you?”Select Mark 14:12

13Then Jesus sent two of them with these instructions: “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow himSelect Mark 14:13

14to the house he enters, and say to the owner of the house: ‘The Teacher says, Where is the room where my disciples and I will eat the Passover meal?’Select Mark 14:14

15Then he will show you a large upstairs room, fixed up and furnished, where you will get everything ready for us.”Select Mark 14:15

16The disciples left, went to the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.Select Mark 14:16

17When it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve disciples.Select Mark 14:17

18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell you that one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”Select Mark 14:18

19The disciples were upset and began to ask him, one after the other, “Surely you don't mean me, do you?”Select Mark 14:19

20Jesus answered, “It will be one of you twelve, one who dips his bread in the dish with me.Select Mark 14:20

21The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will; but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”Select Mark 14:21

The Lord's Supper

22While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. “Take it,” he said, “this is my body.”Select Mark 14:22

23Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and handed it to them; and they all drank from it.Select Mark 14:23

24Jesus said, “This is my blood which is poured out for many, my blood which seals God's covenant.Select Mark 14:24

25I tell you, I will never again drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God.”Select Mark 14:25

26Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.Select Mark 14:26

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

27Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep will all be scattered.’Select Mark 14:27

28But after I am raised to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”Select Mark 14:28

29Peter answered, “I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!”Select Mark 14:29

30Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the rooster crows two times tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.”Select Mark 14:30

31Peter answered even more strongly, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!” And all the other disciples said the same thing.Select Mark 14:31

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

32They came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”Select Mark 14:32

33He took Peter, James, and John with him. Distress and anguish came over him,Select Mark 14:33

34and he said to them, “The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch.”Select Mark 14:34

35He went a little farther on, threw himself on the ground, and prayed that, if possible, he might not have to go through that time of suffering.Select Mark 14:35

36“Father,” he prayed, “my Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want.”Select Mark 14:36

37Then he returned and found the three disciples asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Weren't you able to stay awake for even one hour?”Select Mark 14:37

38And he said to them, “Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”Select Mark 14:38

39He went away once more and prayed, saying the same words.Select Mark 14:39

40Then he came back to the disciples and found them asleep; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to say to him.Select Mark 14:40

41When he came back the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come! Look, the Son of Man is now being handed over to the power of sinners.Select Mark 14:41

42Get up, let us go. Look, here is the man who is betraying me!”Select Mark 14:42

The Arrest of Jesus

43Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs and sent by the chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the elders.Select Mark 14:43

44The traitor had given the crowd a signal: “The man I kiss is the one you want. Arrest him and take him away under guard.”Select Mark 14:44

45As soon as Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus and said, “Teacher!” and kissed him.Select Mark 14:45

46So they arrested Jesus and held him tight.Select Mark 14:46

47But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck at the High Priest's slave, cutting off his ear.Select Mark 14:47

48Then Jesus spoke up and said to them, “Did you have to come with swords and clubs to capture me, as though I were an outlaw?Select Mark 14:48

49Day after day I was with you teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must come true.”Select Mark 14:49

50Then all the disciples left him and ran away.Select Mark 14:50

51A certain young man, dressed only in a linen cloth, was following Jesus. They tried to arrest him,Select Mark 14:51

52but he ran away naked, leaving the cloth behind.Select Mark 14:52

Jesus before the Council

53Then Jesus was taken to the High Priest's house, where all the chief priests, the elders, and the teachers of the Law were gathering.Select Mark 14:53

54Peter followed from a distance and went into the courtyard of the High Priest's house. There he sat down with the guards, keeping himself warm by the fire.Select Mark 14:54

55The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they could not find any.Select Mark 14:55

56Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree.Select Mark 14:56

57Then some men stood up and told this lie against Jesus:Select Mark 14:57

58“We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.’”Select Mark 14:58

59Not even they, however, could make their stories agree.Select Mark 14:59

60The High Priest stood up in front of them all and questioned Jesus, “Have you no answer to the accusation they bring against you?”Select Mark 14:60

61But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?”Select Mark 14:61

62“I am,” answered Jesus, “and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right side of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!”Select Mark 14:62

63The High Priest tore his robes and said, “We don't need any more witnesses!Select Mark 14:63

64You heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” They all voted against him: he was guilty and should be put to death.Select Mark 14:64

65Some of them began to spit on Jesus, and they blindfolded him and hit him. “Guess who hit you!” they said. And the guards took him and slapped him.Select Mark 14:65

Peter Denies Jesus

66Peter was still down in the courtyard when one of the High Priest's servant women came by.Select Mark 14:66

67When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked straight at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus of Nazareth.”Select Mark 14:67

68But he denied it. “I don't know … I don't understand what you are talking about,” he answered, and went out into the passageway. Just then a rooster crowed.Select Mark 14:68

69The servant woman saw him there and began to repeat to the bystanders, “He is one of them!”Select Mark 14:69

70But Peter denied it again. A little while later the bystanders accused Peter again, “You can't deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee.”Select Mark 14:70

71Then Peter said, “I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know the man you are talking about!”Select Mark 14:71

72Just then a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows two times, you will say three times that you do not know me.” And he broke down and cried.Select Mark 14:72