Mark 13-14

Mark 13

¹And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

²And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

³And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

⁴Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

⁵And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

⁶People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.

⁷And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

⁸Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

⁹But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

¹⁰And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

¹¹And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

¹²And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

¹³And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

¹⁴But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

¹⁵And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

¹⁶And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

¹⁷And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

¹⁸And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

¹⁹For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

²⁰And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

²¹And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

²²Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

²³But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

²⁴But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

²⁵And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

²⁶And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

²⁸Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

²⁹Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

³⁰Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

³¹Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

³²But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

³³Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

³⁴It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

³⁵So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

³⁶For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

³⁷And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

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.