Mar 14 | ISV | STEP | The Plot to Kill Jesus Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death.

Mark 14

1 The Plot to Kill Jesus Matthew 26:1-5; Luke 22:1-2; John 11:45-53Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death.Matt 26:2; Luke 22:1; John 11:55; 13:1 2 For they kept saying, “This must not happen during the festival, lest there be a riot among the people.” 3 A Woman Anoints Jesus’ Body for Burial Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-8While Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper and sitting at the table, 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.Matt 26:6; Luke 7:37; John 12:1, 3 4 Some who were there said to one another in irritation, “Why was the perfume wasted like this? 5 This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii ^{▼▼A denarius was the average day's wage for a laborer.} and the money ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks the money} 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 For you will always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.Deut 15:11 8 She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

10 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus Matthew 26:14-16; Luke 22:3-6Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} to them.Matt 26:14; Luke 22:3-4 11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him. 12 The Passover with the Disciples Matthew 26:17-25; Luke 22:7-14, 21-23; John 13:21-30On the first day of the Festival ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks of the Festival} of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ ^{▼▼Lit. his} disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”Matt 26:17; Luke 22:7

13 He sent two of his disciples and told 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, ^{▼▼Lit. Wherever he enters} 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 ^{▼▼Lit. he} had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

17 When evening came, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} arrived with the twelve.Matt 26:20 18 While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me.”

19 They began to be very sad and said to him, one after the other, “Surely I am not the one, am I?”

20 He said to 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.”Matt 26:24; Luke 22:22

22 The Lord's Supper Matthew 26:26-30; Luke 22:15-20While they were eating, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} 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.”Matt 26:26; Luke 22:19; 1Cor 11:23 23 Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant that is being poured out for many people. 25 Truly I tell you, I will 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.Matt 26:30

27 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial Matthew 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will turn against me. For it is written,Zech 13:7; Matt 26:31

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ^{▼▼Zech 13:7}

28 However, after I have been raised, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”Mark 16:7

29 But Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't.”Matt 26:33-34; Luke 22:33-34; John 13:37-38

30 Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

31 But Peter ^{▼▼Lit. he} kept saying emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others kept saying the same thing. 32 Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39-46Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit down here while I pray.”Matt 26:36; Luke 22:39; John 18:1 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled. 34 So he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake.”John 12:27

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! ^{▼▼Abba is Heb./Aram. for Father} Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”John 5:30; 6:38; Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6; Heb 5:7

37 When he went back, he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you? 38 All of you ^{▼▼Lit. You (pl.)} must stay awake and pray that you won't come into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.”Rom 7:23; Gal 5:17

39 He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before. ^{▼▼Lit. the same word} 40 Again he came back and found them asleep, for their eyes were very heavy. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

41 He came back a third time and said to them, “You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. ^{▼▼Or Are you still sleeping and resting?} Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.John 13:1 42 Get up! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!”Matt 26:46; John 18:1-2

43 Jesus Is Arrested Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-12Just then, while Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} 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.Matt 26:47; Luke 22:47; John 18:3 44 Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, “The one I kiss ^{▼▼People customarily greeted their friends with a kiss.} is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away.” 45 So Judas ^{▼▼Lit. he} immediately went up to Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} and said, “Rabbi,” ^{▼▼Other mss. read Rabbi, Rabbi.
,} ^{▼▼Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher}, and kissed him tenderly.

46 Then the men ^{▼▼Lit. they} took hold of Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. of him} 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 said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit? ^{▼▼Or revolutionary}Matt 26:55; Luke 22:52 49 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, yet you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”Ps 22:6; Isa 53:7; Luke 22:37; 24:44 50 Then all the disciples ^{▼▼Lit. all of them} deserted him and ran away.Ps 88:8; Mark 14:27

51 The Young Man Who Ran AwayA certain young man was following Jesus. ^{▼▼Lit. him} He was wearing nothing but a linen sheet. They grabbed him, 52 but he left the linen sheet behind and ran away naked. 53 Jesus Is Tried before the High Priest Matthew 26:57-68; Luke 22:54-55; John 18:13-14, 19-24Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.Matt 26:57; Luke 22:54; John 18:13 54 Peter followed him 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 ^{▼▼Or Sanhedrin} were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.Matt 26:59 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 ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks human} hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks human} hands.’”Mark 15:29; John 2:19 59 But even on this point their testimony didn't agree.

60 Then the high priest stood up before them ^{▼▼Lit. in the middle} and asked Jesus, “Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?”Matt 26:62 61 But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, “Are you the Christ, ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} the Son of the Blessed One?”Isa 53:7; Matt 26:63

62 Jesus said, “I am. AndMatt 24:30; 26:64; Luke 22:69

‘you will see the Son of Man

seated at the right hand of the Power’ ^{▼▼Ps 110:1}

and

‘coming with the clouds of heaven.’” ^{▼▼Dan 7:13}

63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses? 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. 66 Peter Denies Jesus Matthew 26:69-75; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.Matt 26:58, 69; Luke 22:55; John 18:16 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 understand what you're talking about.” Then he went out into the entryway. Just then a rooster crowed. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Just then a rooster crowed}

69 The servant girl saw him and again said to those who were standing around, “This man is one of them!”Matt 26:71; Luke 22:58; John 18:25 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!”Matt 26:73; Luke 22:59; John 18:26; Acts 2:7

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 said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Then he broke down and cried.Matt 26:75