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Mar 14:1 |
Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;
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Mar 14:2 |
for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."
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Mar 14:3 |
While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure [fn]nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
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Mar 14:4 |
But some were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted?
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Mar 14:5 |
"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred [fn]denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her.
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Mar 14:6 |
But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.
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Mar 14:7 |
"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
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Mar 14:8 |
"She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.
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Mar 14:9 |
"Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
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Mar 14:10 |
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to [fn]betray Him to them.
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Mar 14:11 |
They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
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Mar 14:12 |
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when [fn]the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples [!] said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"
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Mar 14:13 |
And He [!] sent two of His disciples and [!] said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;
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Mar 14:14 |
and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'
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Mar 14:15 |
"And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there."
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Mar 14:16 |
The disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.
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Mar 14:17 |
When it was evening He [!] came with the twelve.
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Mar 14:18 |
As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will [fn]betray Me— [fn]one who is eating with Me."
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Mar 14:19 |
They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, "Surely not I?"
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Mar 14:20 |
And He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, [fn]one who dips with Me in the bowl.
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Mar 14:21 |
"For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man [fn]by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good [fn]for that man if he had not been born."
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Mar 14:22 |
While they were eating, He took some bread, and [fn]after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."
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Mar 14:23 |
And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
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Mar 14:24 |
And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
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Mar 14:25 |
"Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
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Mar 14:26 |
After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Mar 14:27 |
And Jesus [!] said to them, "You will all [fn]fall away, because it is written, 'I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.'
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Mar 14:28 |
"But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee."
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Mar 14:29 |
But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may [fn]fall away, yet I will not."
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Mar 14:30 |
And Jesus [!] said to him, "Truly I say to you, that [fn]this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times."
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Mar 14:31 |
But Peter kept saying insistently, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all were saying the same thing also.
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Mar 14:32 |
They [!] came to a place named Gethsemane; and He [!] said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed."
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Mar 14:33 |
And He [!] took with Him Peter and [fn]James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
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Mar 14:34 |
And He [!] said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch."
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Mar 14:35 |
And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might [fn]pass Him by.
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Mar 14:36 |
And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will."
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Mar 14:37 |
And He [!] came and [!] found them sleeping, and [!] said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
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Mar 14:38 |
"Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
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Mar 14:39 |
Again He went away and prayed, saying the same [fn]words.
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Mar 14:40 |
And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.
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Mar 14:41 |
And He [!] came the third time, and [!] said to them, " [fn]Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being [fn]betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Mar 14:42 |
"Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!"
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Mar 14:43 |
Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, [!] came up [fn]accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
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Mar 14:44 |
Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away [fn]under guard."
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Mar 14:45 |
After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him.
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Mar 14:46 |
They laid hands on Him and seized Him.
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Mar 14:47 |
But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and [fn]cut off his ear.
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Mar 14:48 |
And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?
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Mar 14:49 |
"Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures."
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Mar 14:50 |
And they all left Him and fled.
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Mar 14:51 |
A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they [!] seized him.
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Mar 14:52 |
But he [fn]pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.
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Mar 14:53 |
They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes [!] gathered together.
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Mar 14:54 |
Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the [fn]officers and warming himself at the [fn]fire.
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Mar 14:55 |
Now the chief priests and the whole [fn]Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.
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Mar 14:56 |
For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.
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Mar 14:57 |
Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,
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Mar 14:58 |
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this [fn]temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
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Mar 14:59 |
Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent.
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Mar 14:60 |
The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? [fn]What is it that these men are testifying against You?"
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Mar 14:61 |
But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and [fn]saying to Him, "Are You [fn]the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
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Mar 14:62 |
And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."
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Mar 14:63 |
Tearing his clothes, the high priest [!] said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?
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Mar 14:64 |
"You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?" And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.
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Mar 14:65 |
Some began to spit at Him, and [fn]to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers [fn]received Him with [fn]slaps in the face.
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Mar 14:66 |
As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest [!] came,
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Mar 14:67 |
and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and [!] said, "You also were with Jesus the Nazarene."
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Mar 14:68 |
But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." And he went out onto the [fn]porch. [fn]
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Mar 14:69 |
The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, "This is one of them!"
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Mar 14:70 |
But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too."
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Mar 14:71 |
But he began to [fn]curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"
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Mar 14:72 |
Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." [fn]And he began to weep.
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