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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 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 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 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 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 betray Me--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, 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 by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good 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 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 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 fall away, yet I will not."
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| | Mar 14:30 | And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, that 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 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 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 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, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being 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 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 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 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 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 officers and warming himself at the fire.
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| | Mar 14:55 | Now the chief priests and the whole 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 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? 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 saying to Him, "Are You 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 to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers received Him with 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 porch.
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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 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." And he began to weep.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
