Mark 14
Worldwide English (New Testament)
14 The Passover Feast and the feast with bread that has no yeast in it was two days later. The chief priests and the scribes planned how to catch Jesus by some trick. They wanted to kill him.
2 But they said, `Let us not do it on the day of the feast. We do not want the people to start fighting about it.'
3 When Jesus was in the town of Bethany, he was in Simon's house. Simon had leprosy. While Jesus sat at the table, a woman came to him. She had a bottle of oil. It smelled very nice and cost much money. She broke the bottle and poured the oil on Jesus' head.
4 Some people there were angry. They said, `Why was this oil wasted like that?
5 The oil might have been sold for a lot of money. Then the money could have been given to poor people.' They said to the woman, `You should not have done this!'
6 But Jesus said, `Leave the woman alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good thing to me.
7 You will always have poor people with you. Any time you want to, you can do good to them. But I will not always be with you.
8 She has done what she could. She has put oil on my body to make me ready to be buried.
9 I tell you the truth. Any place in the whole world where people tell the good news, people will also tell what she has done. People will remember her because of it.'
10 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the chief priests. He told them how he could help them catch Jesus.
11 They were glad when they heard that. They promised to give him money. So he watched for a good way to help them catch Jesus.
12 It was the first day of the feast with bread that has no yeast in it. The sheep had to be killed for the Passover Feast. His disciples asked Jesus `Where do you want us to make ready for you to eat the Passover Feast?'
13 He sent two of his disciples and said to them, `Go into the city. There you will meet a man who is carrying a pot of water. Follow him.
14 When he goes into a house, talk to the master of the house. Say to him, "The Teacher says, `Where is my room where I can eat the Passover Feast with my disciples?' "
15 The man will show you a large room upstairs. It will be all fixed up and ready. Get the Passover food ready for us there.'
16 The disciples went to the city. They found everything just as he had said. There they made the Passover food ready.
17 In the evening he came with the twelve disciples.
18 While they were sitting at the table eating, Jesus said, `I tell you the truth. One of you who is eating with me will give me over to people who hate me.'
19 They were sad and troubled. One after the other began to say to him, `Lord, is it I?'
20 Jesus answered them, `It is one of you twelve. It is the one who puts his hand in the same dish with me.
21 The Son of Man will go just as the holy writings tell about him. But the man who gives him over will have trouble. It would have been better for that man if he had not been born!'
22 As they were eating, Jesus took some bread. He thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to the disciples and said, `Take this bread and eat it. It is my body.'
23 He also took a cup. He thanked God for it. Then he gave it to them. They all drank some of it.
24 Then he said to them, `This is my blood. It is given for many people. It makes the agreement strong.
25 I tell you the truth. I will not drink any of the fruit of the vine again until I drink some of it new in the kingdom of God.'
26 They sang a song and then went out to the hill called Olives.
27 Jesus said to them, `All of you will leave me this night. the holy writings say, "I will kill the one who takes care of the sheep. And the sheep will run away."
28 But after I am raised from death, I will go to Galilee to meet you.'
29 Peter said, `Even if all the others leave you, I will never leave you.'
30 Jesus said, `I tell you the truth. This very night, before the cock calls two times, you will say three times that you do not know me.'
31 Peter said, `Even if I must die with you, I will never say I do not know you!' They all said the same thing.
32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus said to his disciples, `Sit here. I will go and talk with God.'
33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him. Jesus began to be sad and troubled.
34 He said to them, `My heart is very sad. I am almost dying! Stay here and watch.'
35 Jesus went on a little farther. He fell on the ground and asked God that, if it could be so, this big trouble might pass by him.
36 He said, `Oh, my Father, you can do all things. Take this cup away from me. But do not do what I want, but what you want.'
37 Jesus went back and found the disciples sleeping. He said to Peter, `Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
38 All of you must watch and talk with God so that you will not do wrong. A person's heart can want to do it, but his body is weak.'
39 Jesus went away again and said the same words to God again.
40 Jesus went back again and found the disciples sleeping. They could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Jesus.
41 Then he went back the third time. He said, `Are you still sleeping and resting?. It is enough. The time has come now. The Son of Man is given over to bad people.
42 Get up. Let us go. Look, here comes the one who will give me over to people who hate me!'
43 While he was saying this, Judas came. He was one of the twelve disciples. Many people came with him. They had long knives or swords and big sticks. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders had sent them.
44 The man who was going to help them catch Jesus had told them that he would give them a sign. He said, `The man that I kiss is the one. Catch him and take him away safely.'
45 So when he came, he went to Jesus right away. He said, `Master!' And he kissed him.
46 Then they caught Jesus and held him.
47 One of the men standing by took his sword. He cut off the ear of the high priest's servant.
48 Jesus said, `Have you come to take me with knives and sticks the way you would take a man who steals?
49 Every day I was with you in the temple and taught. You did not catch me then. But what the holy writings say will come true.'
50 Then all of the disciples left Jesus and ran away.
51 A young man went with Jesus. He had a piece of cloth about him. The people caught him.
52 But he left the cloth behind and ran away without any clothes on.
53 The people took Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the leaders, and the scribes met there.
54 Peter followed far behind Jesus. He went into the yard of the high priest's house. He sat down with the people who worked for the high priest. He warmed himself by the fire.
55 The chief priests, and all the judges of the court tried to find men to say Jesus had done something wrong so they could kill him. But they found none.
56 Many people came and said things that were not true. But one said this thing and the other said that thing.
57 Then some stood up to talk against Jesus.
58 They said, `We heard him say, "I will break down this temple which people have built with hands. In three days I will build another temple but not with hands." '
59 Others said, `No, that is not what he said.'
60 The high priest stood up among the people and asked Jesus, `Have you no answer? What do you have to say about this? They have said something against you.'
61 But Jesus said nothing at all. Then the high priest asked him, `Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?'
62 Jesus answered, `Yes, I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the One who has all power. You will see him coming on the clouds of the sky!'
63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, `We do not need any more proof against him.
64 What he has said is wrong! What do you think?' They all said, `He should be killed.'
65 Some people began to spit on him. They covered his face and hit him. They laughed at him and said, `Tell us if you know who hit you!' The guards took him away and hit him as they went.
66 Peter sat out in the yard. A servant girl who worked for the high priest came.
67 She saw Peter warming himself by the fire. She looked at him and said, `You were also with Jesus of Nazareth.'
68 But Peter said, `I do not know or understand what you are talking about.' Peter went out to the gate. Then a cock called.
69 A girl saw Peter there and said to the other people standing by, `This man is one of them.'
70 But again Peter said he was not. A little while after, those standing around said to Peter, `Surely you are one of them also. You come from Galilee.'
71 Then Peter began to curse and say bad words. He said, `I do not know this man you are talking about!'
72 Right then the cock called a second time and Peter remembered that Jesus had said, `Before the cock calls two times, you will say three times that you do not know me.' Then he broke down and cried.
Mark 14
International Standard Version
The Plot to Kill Jesus(A)
14 Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death, 2 because they kept saying, “This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there’ll be a riot among the people.”
A Woman Anoints Jesus(B)
3 While Jesus[a] was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Irritated, some who were there asked one another, “Why was the perfume wasted like this? 5 This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii[b] and the money[c] given to the destitute.” So they got extremely angry with her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me, 7 because you’ll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won’t always have me. 8 She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial. 9 I tell all of you[d] with certainty, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus(C)
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus[e] to them. 11 After they had listened to him,[f] they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him.
The Passover with the Disciples(D)
12 On the first day of the Festival[g] of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’[h] disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”
13 He sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him. 14 When he goes into a house,[i] say to its owner that the Teacher asks, ‘Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 15 Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there.” 16 So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus[j] had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
17 When evening came, Jesus[k] arrived with the Twelve. 18 While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell all of you[l] with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me.”
19 They began to be very sad and asked him, one after the other, “Surely I am not the one, am I?”
20 He told them, “It’s one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me. 21 For the Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born.”
The Lord’s Supper(E)
22 While they were eating, Jesus[m] took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, “Take some. This is my body.” 23 Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 He told them, “This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people. 25 I tell all of you[n] with certainty, I’ll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
26 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(F)
27 Then Jesus told them, “All of you will turn against me, because it is written,
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’[o]
28 However, after I’ve been raised, I’ll go to Galilee ahead of you.”
29 But Peter told him, “Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won’t.”
30 Jesus told him, “I tell you[p] with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you’ll deny me three times.”
31 But Peter[q] kept saying emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never deny you!” And all the others kept saying the same thing.
Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane(G)
32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit down here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled. 34 So he told them, “I’m deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake.”
35 Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him. 36 He kept repeating, “Abba![r] Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”
37 When he went back, he found his disciples[s] asleep. “Simon, are you asleep?” he asked Peter. “You couldn’t stay awake for one hour, could you? 38 All of you must stay awake and pray that you won’t be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body[t] is weak.”
39 He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.[u] 40 Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn’t even know what they should say to him.
41 He came back a third time. “Are you still sleeping and resting?”[v] he asked. “Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Get up! Let’s go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!”
Jesus is Arrested(H)
43 Just then, while Jesus[w] was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders. 44 Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, “The one I kiss[x] is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away.” 45 So Judas[y] immediately went up to Jesus[z] and said, “Rabbi,”[aa] and kissed him tenderly.
46 Then the men[ab] took hold of Jesus[ac] and arrested him. 47 But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his ear. 48 Jesus asked them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?[ad] 49 Day after day I was with you in the Temple teaching, yet you didn’t arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” 50 Then all the disciples[ae] deserted Jesus[af] and ran away.
The Young Man who Ran Away
51 A certain young man, who was wearing nothing but a linen sheet, was following Jesus.[ag] When the men[ah] grabbed him, 52 he left the linen sheet behind and ran away naked.
Jesus is Tried before the High Priest(I)
53 Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together. 54 Peter followed Jesus[ai] at a distance as far as the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire. 55 Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council[aj] were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn’t find any. 56 Although many people gave false testimony against him, their testimony didn’t agree.
57 Then some men stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying, 58 “We ourselves heard him say, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary made by human[ak] hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human[al] hands.’” 59 But even on this point their testimony didn’t agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them[am] and asked Jesus, “Don’t you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?” 61 But he kept silent and didn’t answer at all. The high priest asked him again, “Are you the Messiah,[an] the Son of the Blessed One?”
62 Jesus said, “I AM, and
‘you will see the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of the Power’[ao]
and ‘coming with the clouds of heaven.’”[ap]
63 Then the high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we still need witnesses?” he asked. 64 “You have heard his blasphemy! What is your verdict?” All of them condemned him as deserving death.
65 Some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and kept hitting him with their fists and telling him, “Prophesy!” Even the servants took him and slapped him around.
Peter Denies Jesus(J)
66 While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s servant girls came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she glared at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth.”
68 But he denied it, saying, “I don’t know—or even understand—what you’re talking about!” Then he went out into the entryway. Just then a rooster crowed.[aq]
69 The servant girl saw him and again told those who were standing around, “This man is one of them!” 70 Again he denied it.
After a little while, the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, “Obviously you’re one of them, because you are a Galilean!”
71 Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about!” 72 Just then a rooster crowed a second time.
Peter remembered that Jesus told him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Then he broke down and cried.
Footnotes
- Mark 14:3 Lit. he
- Mark 14:5 A denarius was the average day’s wage for a laborer.
- Mark 14:5 The Gk. lacks the money
- Mark 14:9 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Mark 14:10 Lit. him
- Mark 14:11 The Gk. lacks to him
- Mark 14:12 The Gk. lacks of the Festival
- Mark 14:12 Lit. his
- Mark 14:14 Lit. Wherever he enters
- Mark 14:16 Lit. he
- Mark 14:17 Lit. he
- Mark 14:18 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Mark 14:22 Lit. he
- Mark 14:25 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Mark 14:27 Cf. Zech 13:7
- Mark 14:30 The Gk. pronoun you is sing.
- Mark 14:31 Lit. he
- Mark 14:36 Abba is Heb./Aram. for Father
- Mark 14:37 Lit. found them
- Mark 14:38 Lit. flesh
- Mark 14:39 Lit. the same word
- Mark 14:41 Or You might as well keep on sleeping and resting.
- Mark 14:43 Lit. he
- Mark 14:44 People customarily greeted their friends with a kiss.
- Mark 14:45 Lit. he
- Mark 14:45 Lit. him
- Mark 14:45 Other mss. read Rabbi, Rabbi. The word is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
- Mark 14:46 Lit. they
- Mark 14:46 Lit. him
- Mark 14:48 Or revolutionary
- Mark 14:50 Lit. all of them
- Mark 14:50 Lit. him
- Mark 14:51 Lit. him
- Mark 14:51 Lit. they
- Mark 14:54 Lit. him
- Mark 14:55 Or Sanhedrin
- Mark 14:58 The Gk. lacks human
- Mark 14:58 The Gk. lacks human
- Mark 14:60 Lit. in the middle
- Mark 14:61 Or Christ
- Mark 14:62 Cf. Ps 110:1
- Mark 14:62 Cf. Dan 7:13
- Mark 14:68 Other mss. lack Just then a rooster crowed
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