Mark 14-16

Mark 14

¹It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

²But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

³And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

⁴But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

⁵We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

⁶But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

⁷The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

⁸She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

⁹And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

¹⁰And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

¹¹And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

¹²And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

¹³And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

¹⁴And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

¹⁵And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

¹⁶And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.

¹⁷And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

¹⁸And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

¹⁹They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?

²⁰And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

²¹The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

²²And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

²³And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.

²⁴And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

²⁵Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.

²⁷And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

²⁸But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.

³⁰And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

³¹But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.

³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.

³³And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

³⁴And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.

³⁵And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.

³⁶And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

³⁷And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

³⁸Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

³⁹And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.

⁴⁰And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.

⁴¹And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

⁴²Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

⁴³And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

⁴⁴Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

⁴⁵And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.

⁴⁶And they put their hands on him, and took him.

⁴⁷But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

⁴⁸And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

⁴⁹I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

⁵⁰And they all went away from him in fear.

⁵¹And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him;

⁵²But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.

⁵³And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes.

⁵⁴And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.

⁵⁵Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

⁵⁶For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

⁵⁷Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

⁵⁸He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

⁵⁹And even so their witness was not in agreement.

⁶⁰And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

⁶¹But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

⁶²And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

⁶³And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?

⁶⁴His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

⁶⁵And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

⁶⁶And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

⁶⁷And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.

⁶⁸But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

⁶⁹And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

⁷⁰But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

⁷¹But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

⁷²And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

Mark 15

¹And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

²And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

³And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

⁴And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

⁵But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.

⁶Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

⁷And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

⁸And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.

⁹And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

¹⁰For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

¹¹But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

¹²And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

¹³And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

¹⁴And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!

¹⁵And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

¹⁶And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

¹⁷And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

¹⁸And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

¹⁹And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

²⁰And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

²¹And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

²²And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

²³And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

²⁴And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

²⁵And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

²⁶And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

²⁹And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

³⁰Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

³¹In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.

³²Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

³³And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

³⁴And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

³⁵And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

³⁶And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

³⁷And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.

³⁸And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

³⁹And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

⁴⁰And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

⁴¹Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

⁴³There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

⁴⁵And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

⁴⁶And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

Mark 16

¹And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

²And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

³And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

⁴And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

⁵And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.

⁶And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

⁷But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

⁸And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

⁹Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

¹⁰She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

¹¹And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

¹²And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

¹³And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

¹⁴And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

¹⁵And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

¹⁶He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

¹⁷And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

¹⁸They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

¹⁹So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

²⁰And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.