MARK 14
CHAPTER XIV.
The first part of the history of the
Passion of Christ.
1 Now *the feast of the Pasch, and of the
azymes, was after two days: and the chief priests, and the Scribes,
sought how they might by craft lay hold on him, and kill him.
2 But they said: Not on the festival day,
lest there should be a tumult among the people.
3 *And when he was in Bethania, in the
house of Simon, the leper, and was at meat; there came a woman, having
an alabaster-box of ointment of precious spikenard, and breaking the
alabaster-box, she poured it out upon his head.
4 Now there were some that had
indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the
ointment made?
5 For this ointment might have been sold
for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And
they murmured against her.
6 But Jesus said: Let her alone; why do
you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.
7 For the poor you have always with you;
and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not
always.
8 What she had she hath done: she is come
beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.
9 Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this
gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath
done, shall be told for a memorial of her.
10 *And Judas Iscariot, one of the
twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them.
11 They hearing it, were glad: and
promised to give him money. And he sought how he might
conveniently betray him.
12 *Now, on the first day of the
unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Pasch, the disciples say to
him: Whither wilt thou that we go, and prepare for thee to eat the
Pasch?
13 And he sendeth two of his disciples,
and saith to them: Go ye into the city: and there shall meet you a man
carrying a pitcher of water, follow him;
14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say to
the master of the house: The master saith, Where is my refectory: where
I may eat the Pasch with my disciples?
15 And he will shew you a large
dining-room, furnished: and there prepare ye for us.
16 And his disciples went their way, and
came into the city: and they found as he had told them, and they
prepared the Pasch.
17 *And when evening was come, he cometh
with the twelve.
18 And when they were at table, and
eating, Jesus saith: Amen, I say to you, *that one of you who eateth
with me, shall betray me.
19 But they began to be sorrowful, and to
say to him one by one: Is it I?
20 He saith to them: One of the twelve
who dippeth his hand in the dish with me.
21 And the Son of man indeed goeth, *as
it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man shall
be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not
been born.
22 *And whilst they were eating, Jesus
took bread: and blessing, broke, and gave to them, and said: Take ye,
This is my body.
23 And having taken the chalice, giving
thanks, he gave to them, and they all drank of it.
24 And he said to them: This is my blood
of the New Testament, which shall be shed for many.
25 Amen, I say unto you, that I will
drink no more of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall
drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they
went forth to the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith to them: *You will all
be scandalized in me this night: for it is written: **I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed;
28 But after I shall be risen again, I
will go before you into Galilee.
29 But Peter saith to him: Although all
shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I.
30 And Jesus saith to him: Amen, I say to
thee, to-day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou
shalt deny me thrice.
31 But he spoke the more vehemently:
*Although I should die together with thee, I will not deny thee: And in
like manner also said they all.
32 *And they came to a farm called
Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here
while I pray.
33 And he taketh Peter and James, and
John, with him; and he began to fear, and to be heavy.
34 And he saith to them: My soul is
sorrowful even unto death: stay you here and watch.
35 And when he had gone forward a little,
he fell flat on the ground: and he prayed, that, if it could be, the
hour might pass from him:
36 And he said: Abba, Father, all things
are possible to thee; take away this chalice from me: but not what I
will, but what thou wilt.
37 And he cometh, and findeth them
sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou?
couldst thou not watch one hour?
38 Watch ye, and pray that you enter not
into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.
39 A going away again, he prayed, saying
the same words.
40 And when he returned, he found them
again asleep, (for their eyes were heavy) and they knew not what to
answer him.
41 And he cometh the third time, and
saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It
is enough: the hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed
into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise up: let us go. Behold,
he that will betray me, is at hand.
43 And while he was yet speaking, cometh
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: *and with him a great multitude, with
swords and staves, from the chief priests, and the Scribes, and the
ancients.
44 And he that betrayed him had given
them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, lay hold on
him, and lead him away cautiously.
45 And when he was come, immediately
going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi: and he kissed him.
46 But they laid hands on him, and held
him.
47 An one of them that stood by drawing a
sword, struck a servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear.
48 And Jesus answering, said to them: are
you come out as against a robber with swords and staves to apprehend
me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple
teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But, that the
Scriptures may be fulfilled.
50 *Then his disciples leaving him, all
fled away.
51 And a certain young man followed him,
having a linen cloth cast about his naked body: and they laid
hold on him.
52 But he casting off the linen cloth,
fled from them naked.
53 *And they brought Jesus to the high
priest: and all the priests, and the Scribes, and the ancients,
assembled together.
54 And Peter followed him afar off, even
into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants at the
fire, and warmed himself.
55 *And the chief priests, and all the
council, sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to
death; and they found none.
56 For many bore false witness against
him, and their evidence did not agree.
57 And some rising up, bore false witness
against him, saying:
58 We heard him say: *I will destroy this
temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another, not
made with hands.
59 And their witness did not agree.
60 And the high priest rising up in the
midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that
are laid to thy charge by these men?
61 But he held his peace, and answered
nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him:
Art thou the Christ, the Son of the blessed God?
62 And Jesus said to him: I am: *And you
shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God,
and coming with the clouds of heaven.
63 Then the high priest rending his
garments, saith: What need we any farther witnesses?
64 You have heard the blasphemy. What
think you? They all condemned him to be guilty of death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and to
cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him: Prophesy: and the
servants struck him with the palms of their hands.
66 *Now, when Peter was in the court
below, there cometh one of the maid-servants of the high priest:
67 And when she had seen Peter warming
himself, looking on him, she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of
Nazareth.
68 But he denied, saying: I neither know
nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before
the court; and the cock crew.
69 *And again a maid-servant seeing him,
began to say to the standers-by: This is one of them.
70 But he denied again. *And
after a while they that stood by, said again to Peter: Surely thou art
one of them: for thou art also a Galilean.
71 But he began to curse and to swear,
saying; I know not this man of whom you speak.
72 And immediately the cock crew again. *And
Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him: Before the cock
crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he began to
weep.
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1: Matt. xxiv. 2.; Luke
xxii. 1.; A.D. 33.
3: Matt. xxvi. 6.; John
xii. 1.
10: Matt. xxvi. 14.
12: Matt. xxvi. 17.; Luke
xxii. 4.
17: Matt. xxvi. 20.; Luke
xxii. 14.
18: John xiii. 21.
21: Psal. xl. 10.; Acts i.
16.
22: Matt. xxvi. 26.; 1 Cor.
xi. 24.
27: John xvi. 32. --- **
Zach. xiii. 7.
31: Matt. xxvi. 35.; Luke
xxii. 40.
32: Matt. xxvi. 36.
43: Luke xxii. 47.; John
xviii. 3.
50: Matt. xxvi. 56.
53: Matt. xxvi. 57.; Luke
xxii. 54.; John xviii. 13.
55: Matt. xxvi. 59.
58: John ii. 19.
62: Matt. xxiv. 30. and
xxvi. 64.
66: Matt. xxvi. 69.; Luke
xxii. 56.; John xviii. 7.
69: Matt. xxvi. 71.
70: Luke xxii. 59.; John
xviii. 25.
72: Matt. xxvi. 75.; John
xiii. 38.
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