Mark 14

¹ Now it was the Passover and the unleavened bread after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how, laying hold of Him by guile, they should be killing Him. ² For they said, "Not in the festival, lest at some time there will be a tumult of the people." ³ And at His being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at His lying down, a woman came, having an alabaster vase of veritable nard attar, costly. And crushing the alabaster vase, she pours it down on His head. ⁴ Now some were resenting this to themselves and saying, "For what has this destruction of the attar occurred? ⁵ For this attar could have been disposed of for over three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." And they muttered against her. ⁶ Yet Jesus said, "Leave her! Why are you affording her weariness? For it is an ideal work she works in Me. ⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you may be wanting, you can always do well to them, yet Me you have not always. ⁸ What she had she makes use of. She gets beforehand to anoint My body with attar for burial. ⁹ Now verily I am saying to you, Wheresoever this evangel may be heralded in the whole world, that also which she does shall be spoken of for a memorial of her." ¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, came away to the chief priests that he may be giving Him up to them. ¹¹ Now those who hear him rejoice, and promise to give him silver. And he sought how he may be opportunely giving Him up. ¹² And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, His disciples are saying to Him, "Where dost Thou want us to come away that we should be making ready, that Thou mayest eat the passover?" ¹³ And He is dispatching two of His disciples and is saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man will be meeting you, bearing a jar of water. Follow him. ¹⁴ And wheresoever he may be entering, say to the householder that The Teacher is saying, 'Where is My caravansary, where I may be eating the passover with My disciples?' ¹⁵ And he will be showing you a large upper room, ready with places spread, and there make ready for us." ¹⁶ And His disciples came out and came into the city, and they found it according as He said to them. And they make ready the passover. ¹⁷ And, evening coming on, He is coming with the twelve. ¹⁸ And, at their lying back at table and eating, Jesus said, "Verily, I am saying to you that one of you who is eating with Me shall give Me up." ¹⁹ Now they begin to be sorrowful and to be saying to Him, one by one, "It is not I, Rabbi?" and another, "Not I?" ²⁰ Now He, answering, said to them, "It is one of the twelve who is dipping his hand into the dish with Me, ²¹ seeing that the Son of Mankind is indeed going away according as it is written concerning Him, yet woe to that man through whom the Son of Mankind is being given up! Ideal were it for Him if that man were not born!" ²² And at their eating, Jesus, taking bread, blessing, breaks it and gives to them, and said, "Take; this is My body." ²³ And, taking the cup, giving thanks, He gives it to them, and they all drank of it. ²⁴ And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant that is shed for many. ²⁵ Verily, I am saying to you that no longer under any circumstances may I be drinking of the product of the grapevine till that day whenever I may be drinking it new in the kingdom of God." ²⁶ And, singing a hymn, they came out to the mount of Olives. ²⁷ And Jesus is saying to them that "All of you shall be snared in Me in this night, for it is written, 'I shall be smiting the shepherd And the sheep shall be scattered.' ²⁸ But after My rousing I shall be preceding you into Galilee." ²⁹ Yet Peter averred to Him, "And if all shall be snared, nevertheless, not I!" ³⁰ And Jesus is saying to him, "Verily, I am saying to you that you, today, in this night, ere a cock crows twice, thrice will be renouncing Me." ³¹ Yet Peter spoke extravagantly, "Rather, if ever I must die together with Thee, I shall under no circumstances be renouncing Thee!" Now similarly also, said all. ³² And they are coming into a freehold, the name of which is Gethsemane. And He is saying to His disciples, "Be seated here till I should be praying." ³³ And He is taking Peter and James and John aside with Himself, and He begins to be overawed and depressed. ³⁴ And He is saying to them, "Sorrow-stricken is My soul to death. Remain here and watch." ³⁵ And, coming forward a little, He fell on the earth and prayed that, if it is possible, the hour may pass by from Him. ³⁶ And He said, "Abba, Father, all is possible to Thee. Have this cup carried aside from Me. But not what I will, but what Thou!" ³⁷ And He is coming and finding them drowsing. And He is saying to Peter, "Simon, are you drowsing? Are you not strong enough to watch one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray lest you may be entering into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, yet the flesh is infirm." ³⁹ And again, coming away, He prays, saying the same words. ⁴⁰ And again, coming, He found them drowsing, for their eyes were torpid. And they were not aware what they may answer Him. ⁴¹ And He is coming the third time and is saying to them, "Are you drowsing furthermore and resting? It is away. The hour came. Lo! the Son of Mankind is being given up into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rouse! We may be going. Lo! he who is giving Me up is near!" ⁴³ And straightway, while He is still speaking, coming along is Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, and with him a vast throng with swords and cudgels, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. ⁴⁴ Now he who is giving Him up had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I should be kissing, He it is. Hold Him, and lead Him away securely." ⁴⁵ And, coming, straightway coming to Him, he is saying, "Rabbi, Rabbi", and he kisses Him fondly. ⁴⁶ Now they lay their hands on Him and hold Him. ⁴⁷ Now a certain one of those standing by, pulling a sword, hits the slave of the chief priest and amputates his ear. ⁴⁸ And answering, Jesus said to them, "As after a robber do you come out with swords and cudgels to apprehend Me? ⁴⁹ Daily was I with you in the sanctuary, teaching, and you do not hold Me; but, that the scripture may be fulfilled - " ⁵⁰ And, leaving Him, they all fled. ⁵¹ And one, a certain youth, was following with Him, clothed in a linen wrapper on his naked body, and the youths are holding him. ⁵² Yet he, leaving the linen wrapper, fled naked from them. ⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the chief priest Caiaphas. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes are coming together to Him. ⁵⁴ And Peter, from afar, follows Him till within the courtyard of the chief priest, and was sitting together with the deputies, and warming himself at the light. ⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought false testimony against Jesus, to put Him to death, and they found it not; ⁵⁶ for many testified against Him falsely, and the testimonies were not consistent. ⁵⁷ And some, rising, testified against Him falsely, saying that: ⁵⁸ "We hear Him saying that 'I shall be demolishing this temple made by hands, and during three days I shall be building another not made by hands.'" ⁵⁹ And neither thus was their testimony consistent. ⁶⁰ And the chief priest, rising in the midst, inquires of Jesus, saying, "You are not answering anything? What are these testifying against you?" ⁶¹ Yet Jesus was silent and does not answer anything. Again the chief priest inquired of Him and is saying to Him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of God, the Blessed?" ⁶² Now Jesus said, "I am; and you shall be seeing the Son of Mankind sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven." ⁶³ Now the chief priest, tearing his tunics, is saying, "What need have we still of witnesses? ⁶⁴ Lo! now you hear the blasphemy! What is it appearing to you?" Now they all condemn Him to be liable to death. ⁶⁵ And some begin to be spitting on Him and putting a covering about His face and buffeting Him and saying to Him, "Prophesy!" And the deputies, with slaps, took Him. ⁶⁶ And at Peter's being below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the chief priest is coming, ⁶⁷ and, perceiving Peter warming himself, looking at him, she is saying, "You also were with Jesus the Nazarean!" ⁶⁸ Yet he denies, saying, "Neither am I aware, nor am I an adept in what you are saying." And he came outside into the forecourt. And a cock crows. ⁶⁹ And the maid, perceiving him, begins again to say to those standing by that "This one is of them." ⁷⁰ Yet again he denied. And after a little, those standing by said again to Peter, "Truly you are of them, for you are a Galilean also, and your speech is alike." ⁷¹ Now he begins to be anathematizing and swearing that "I am not acquainted with this man of whom you are telling!" ⁷² And, straightway, a second time, a cock crows. And Peter recollects the declaration, as Jesus said to him that "Ere a cock crows twice, thrice you will be renouncing Me." And, reflecting, he lamented.