Anderson - Mark - 14

14:1  After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.

14:2  But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

14:3  And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman that had an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

14:4  And some of them were displeased within themselves, and said: For what purpose was this waste of the ointment?

14:5  For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

14:6  But Jesus said: Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good work on me.

14:7  For you have the poor with you always; and whenever you choose, you can do them good; but me you have not always.

14:8  She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for its burial.

14:9  Verily I say to you, wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also which she has done shall be told, for a memorial of her.

14:10  And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him up to them.

14:11  And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him up.

14:12  And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said to him: Where dost thou wish that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

14:13  And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them: Go into the city, and there will meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water;

14:14  follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house: The Teacher says, Where is the room in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?

14:15  And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and made ready; there make ready for us.

14:16  And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover.

14:17  And in the evening, he came with the twelve.

14:18  And while they were reclining at table, and were eating, Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, One of you, he that eats with me, will deliver me up.

14:19  And they began to be sad, and to say to him, one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

14:20  He answered and said to them: It is one of the twelve, he that dips with me into the dish.

14:21  The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.

14:22  And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said: Take, eat; this is my body.

14:23  And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them; and they all drank of it.

14:24  And he said to them: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

14:25  Verily I say to you, I shall drink no more of the fruit of the vine, till that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.

14:26  And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

14:27  And Jesus said to them: All of you will find in me an occasion for offense this night; for it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

14:28  But after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

14:29  Peter said to him: Though all should find occasion for offense, yet I will not.

14:30  And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, this day, during this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.

14:31  But he said with the more vehemence: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I would not deny thee. And so said they all.

14:32  And they came to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples: Sit here, while I pray.

14:33  And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be in dismay and anguish of soul.

14:34  And he said to them: My soul is encompassed with sorrow, even to death; remain here, and watch.

14:35  And he went forward a little, and fell upon the ground, and prayed, that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him;

14:36  and he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; let this cup pass from me: but not what I will, but what thou wiliest.

14:37  And he came and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter: Simon, do you sleep? Had you not strength to watch one hour?

14:38  Watch, and pray, all of you, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

14:39  And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same thing.

14:40  And he returned, and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

14:41  And he came the third time, and said to them: Sleep the remaining time, and take your rest. It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

14:42  Arise, let us go; behold, he that delivers me up draws near.

14:43  And immediately, while he was yet speaking, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

14:44  And he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: The one that I shall kiss, is he; take him, and lead him away securely.

14:45  And when he came, he immediately went up to him and said: Rabbi, Rabbi, and kissed him.

14:46  And they laid their hands on him and took him.

14:47  And one of those who were standing by, drew a sword, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear.

14:48  And Jesus answering, said to them: Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me?

14:49  I was daily with you in the temple, and taught, and you did not take me; but this is so, that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

14:50  And they all forsook him and fled.

14:51  And there followed him a certain young man, who had a linen garment around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him;

14:52  and he left the linen garment, and fled from them naked.

14:53  And they led Jesus away to the chief priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes.

14:54  And Peter followed him, at a distance, even into the palace of the chief priest, and sat with the attendants, and warmed himself at the fire.

14:55  And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death, and found none.

14:56  For many testified falsely against him, and their testimony did not agree.

14:57  And some rose up, and testified falsely against him, saying:

14:58  We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

14:59  And not even in this did their testimony agree.

14:60  And the chief priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Do you make no answer? What do these testify against you?

14:61  But he was silent, and made no answer. Again, the chief priest asked him, and said to him: Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

14:62  Jesus replied: I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

14:63  And the chief priest rent his clothes, and said: What further need have we of witnesses?

14:64  You have heard his impious speech. What think you? They all condemned him to be a subject of death.

14:65  And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.

14:66  And while Peter was in the court below, one of the maidservants of the chief priest came;

14:67  and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said: You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.

14:68  But he denied, saying: I neither know, nor understand what you say. And he went out into the entrance, and the cock crew.

14:69  And the maid-servant saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by: This man is one of them.

14:70  He again denied. And again, after a little while, those who stood by said to Peter: Surely, you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.

14:71  But he began to curse and to swear, saying: I know not this man of whom you speak.

14:72  And immediately the cock crew the second time. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he thought upon it, he wept.