Mark 14:66-15:20

English Standard Version

Peter Denies Jesus

^66 (A)And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(B)warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway^[a] and ^(C)the rooster crowed.^{[b] 69} And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰ But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.” ⁷¹ But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” ⁷² And immediately the rooster crowed ^(D)a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, ^(E)“Before the rooster crows twice, you will ^(F)deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.^[c]

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

15 ^(G)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(H)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^(I)they bound Jesus and ^(J)led him away and ^(K)delivered him over to ^(L)Pilate. ^2 (M)And Pilate asked him, ^(N)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(O)“You have said so.” ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(P)“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵ But Jesus ^(Q)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^6 (R)Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷ And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(S)committed murder ^(T)in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸ And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹ And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he perceived that ^(U)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹² And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^(V)the man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^(W)What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(X)scourged^[d] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (Y)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(Z)the palace (that is, ^(AA)the governor's headquarters),^[e] and they called together the whole ^(AB)battalion.^{[f] 17} And they clothed him in ^(AC)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(AD)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(AE)spitting on him and ^(AF)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(AG)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(AH)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(AI)led him out to crucify him.