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Mark - Chapter 14

	Mar 14:1	It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
	Mar 14:2	for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people."
	Mar 14:3	And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
	Mar 14:4	But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment thus wasted?
	Mar 14:5	For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." And they reproached her.
	Mar 14:6	But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
	Mar 14:7	For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.
	Mar 14:8	She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.
	Mar 14:9	And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."
	Mar 14:10	Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
	Mar 14:11	And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
	Mar 14:12	And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"
	Mar 14:13	And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,
	Mar 14:14	and wherever he enters, say to the householder, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
	Mar 14:15	And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."
	Mar 14:16	And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
	Mar 14:17	And when it was evening he came with the twelve.
	Mar 14:18	And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."
	Mar 14:19	They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"
	Mar 14:20	He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.
	Mar 14:21	For the Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."
	Mar 14:22	And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."
	Mar 14:23	And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.
	Mar 14:24	And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
	Mar 14:25	Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
	Mar 14:26	And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
	Mar 14:27	And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away; for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
	Mar 14:28	But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."
	Mar 14:29	Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not."
	Mar 14:30	And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times."
	Mar 14:31	But he said vehemently, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.
	Mar 14:32	And they went to a place which was called Gethsem'ane; and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
	Mar 14:33	And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
	Mar 14:34	And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch."
	Mar 14:35	And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
	Mar 14:36	And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."
	Mar 14:37	And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?
	Mar 14:38	Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
	Mar 14:39	And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
	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.
	Mar 14:41	And he came the third time, and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
	Mar 14:42	Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."
	Mar 14:43	And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
	Mar 14:44	Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard."
	Mar 14:45	And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, "Master!" And he kissed him.
	Mar 14:46	And they laid hands on him and seized him.
	Mar 14:47	But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
	Mar 14:48	And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
	Mar 14:49	Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled."
	Mar 14:50	And they all forsook him, and fled.
	Mar 14:51	And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,
	Mar 14:52	but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
	Mar 14:53	And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.
	Mar 14:54	And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the guards, and warming himself at the fire.
	Mar 14:55	Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death; but they found none.
	Mar 14:56	For many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree.
	Mar 14:57	And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,
	Mar 14:58	"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
	Mar 14:59	Yet not even so did their testimony agree.
	Mar 14:60	And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"
	Mar 14:61	But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
	Mar 14:62	And Jesus said, "I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
	Mar 14:63	And the high priest tore his garments, and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?
	Mar 14:64	You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.
	Mar 14:65	And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.
	Mar 14:66	And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came;
	Mar 14:67	and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
	Mar 14:68	But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway.
	Mar 14:69	And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."
	Mar 14:70	But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean."
	Mar 14:71	But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."
	Mar 14:72	And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

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Mark - Chapter 14