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Themes in Mark 14
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Themes in Mark 14

Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

Mark 14:2

For they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of a riot."

Mark 14:3

When Jesus was still at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of choice spikenard perfume of great value. She broke the jar, and poured the perfume on his head.

Mark 14:4

Some of those who were present said to one another indignantly: "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

Mark 14:5

This perfume could have been sold for more than thirty pounds, and the money given to the poor."

Mark 14:6

"Let her alone," said Jesus, as they began to find fault with her, "why are you troubling her? This is a beautiful deed that she has done for me.

Mark 14:7

You always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has perfumed my body beforehand for my burial.

Mark 14:9

And I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, the Good News is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her."

Mark 14:10

After this, Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the Chief Priests, to betray Jesus to them.

Mark 14:11

They were glad to hear what he said, and promised to pay him. So he looked for a way to betray Jesus opportunely.

Mark 14:12

On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?"

Mark 14:13

Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him;

Mark 14:14

and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says--Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?'

Mark 14:15

He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us."

Mark 14:16

So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:17

In the evening he went there with the Twelve,

Mark 14:18

And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: "I tell you that one of you is going to betray me--one who is eating with me."

Mark 14:19

They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: "Can it be I?"

Mark 14:20

"It is one of you Twelve," said Jesus, "the one who is dipping his bread beside me into the dish.

Mark 14:21

True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

Mark 14:22

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: "Take it; this is my body."

Mark 14:23

Then he took a cup, and, after saying the thanksgiving, gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

Mark 14:24

"This is my Covenant-blood," he said, "which is poured out on behalf of many.

Mark 14:25

I tell you that I shall never again drink of the juice of the grape, until that day when I shall drink it new in the Kingdom of God."

Mark 14:26

They then sang a hymn, and went out up the Mount of Olives,

Mark 14:27

Presently Jesus said to them: "All of you will fall away; for Scripture says--'I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Mark 14:28

Yet, after I have risen, I shall go before you into Galilee."

Mark 14:29

"Even if every one else falls away," said Peter, "yet I shall not."

Mark 14:30

"I tell you," answered Jesus, "that you yourself today--yes, this very night--before the cock crows twice, will disown me three times."

Mark 14:31

But Peter vehemently protested: "Even if I must die with you, I shall never disown you!" And they all said the same.

Mark 14:32

Presently they came to a garden known as Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples "Sit down here while I pray."

Mark 14:33

He took with him Peter, James, and John; and began to show signs of great dismay and deep distress of mind.

Mark 14:34

"I am sad at heart," he said, "sad even to death; wait here, and watch."

Mark 14:35

Going on a little further, he threw himself on the ground, and began to pray that, if it were possible, he might be spared that hour.

Mark 14:36

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; yet, not what I will, but what thou willest."

Mark 14:37

Then he came and found the three Apostles asleep. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour?

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray," he said to them all, "that you may not fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

Mark 14:39

Again he went away, and prayed in the same words;

Mark 14:40

And coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to say to him.

Mark 14:41

A third time he came, and said to them: "Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Enough! My time has come. Hark! the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Mark 14:42

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

Mark 14:43

And just then, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up; and with him a crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent by the Chief Priests, the Teachers of the Law, and the Councillors.

Mark 14:44

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him and take him away safely."

Mark 14:45

As soon as Judas came, he went up to Jesus at once, and said: "Rabbi!" and kissed him.

Mark 14:46

Then the men seized Jesus, and arrested him.

Mark 14:47

One of those who were standing by drew his sword, and struck at the High Priest's servant, and cut off his ear.

Mark 14:48

But Jesus interposed, and said to the men: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me?

Mark 14:49

I have been among you day after day in the Temple Courts teaching, and yet you did not arrest me; but this is in fulfillment of the Scriptures."

Mark 14:50

And all the Apostles forsook him, and fled.

Mark 14:51

One young man did indeed follow him, wrapped only in a linen sheet. They tried to arrest him;

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But he left the sheet in their hands, and fled naked.

Mark 14:53

Then they took Jesus to the High Priest; and all the Chief Priests, the Councillors, and the Teachers of the Law assembled.

Mark 14:54

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

Mark 14:55

Meanwhile the Chief Priest and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such evidence against Jesus as would warrant his being put to death, but they could not find any;

Mark 14:56

For, though there were many who gave false evidence against him, yet their evidence did not agree.

Mark 14:57

Presently some men stood up, and gave this false evidence against him--

Mark 14:58

"We ourselves heard him say 'I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.'"

Mark 14:59

Yet not even on that point did their evidence agree.

Mark 14:60

Then the High Priest stood forward, and questioned Jesus. "Have you no answer to make?" he asked. "What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?"

Mark 14:61

But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer. A second time the High Priest questioned him. "Are you," he asked, "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Mark 14:62

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

Mark 14:63

At this the High Priest tore his vestments. "Why do we want any more witnesses?" he exclaimed.

Mark 14:64

"You heard his blasphemy? What is your verdict?" They all condemned him, declaring that he deserved death.

Mark 14:65

Some of those present began to spit at him, and to blindfold his eyes, and strike him, saying, as they did so, "Now play the Prophet!" and even the police-officers received him with blows.

Mark 14:66

While Peter was in the court-yard down below, one of the High Priest's maidservants came up;

Mark 14:67

And, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

Mark 14:68

But Peter denied it. "I do not know or understand what you mean," he replied. Then he went out into the porch;

Mark 14:69

And there the maidservant, on seeing him, began to say again to the by-standers: "This is one of them!"

Mark 14:70

But Peter again denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again said to him: "You certainly are one of them; why you are a Galilean!"

Mark 14:71

But he began to swear with the most solemn imprecations: "I do not know the man you are speaking about."

Mark 14:72

At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him-- 'Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times'; and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.
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