Mark 14-16

English Standard Version

The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 ^(A)It was now two days before ^(B)the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes ^(C)were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, ² for they said, “Not during the feast, ^(D)lest there be an uproar from the people.”

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

^3 (E)And while he was at ^(F)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,^[a] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. ⁴ There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? ⁵ For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii^[b] and ^(G)given to the poor.” And they ^(H)scolded her. ⁶ But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ For ^(I)you always have the poor with you, and whenever ^(J)you want, you can do good for them. But ^(K)you will not always have me. ^8 (L)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ^(M)for burial. ⁹ And truly, I say to you, wherever ^(N)the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told ^(O)in memory of her.”

Judas to Betray Jesus

^10 (P)Then ^(Q)Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, ^(R)went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. ¹¹ And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to ^(S)betray him.

The Passover with the Disciples

^12 (T)And on ^(U)the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they ^(V)sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” ¹³ And he sent ^(W)two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, ¹⁴ and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ^(X)‘The Teacher says, Where is ^(Y)my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹⁵ And he will show you ^(Z)a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” ¹⁶ And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

^17 (AA)And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. ¹⁸ And as they were reclining at table and eating, ^(AB)Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, ^(AC)one who is eating with me.” ¹⁹ They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” ²⁰ He said to them, “It is ^(AD)one of the twelve, ^(AE)one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. ²¹ For the Son of Man goes ^(AF)as it is written of him, but ^(AG)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^(AH)It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Institution of the Lord's Supper

^22 (AI)And as they were eating, he took bread, and after ^(AJ)blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; ^(AK)this is my body.” ²³ And he took a cup, and when he had ^(AL)given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. ²⁴ And he said to them, ^(AM)“This is my ^(AN)blood of the^[c] covenant, which is poured out for ^(AO)many. ²⁵ Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

^26 (AP)And when they had sung a hymn, ^(AQ)they went out to ^(AR)the Mount of Olives. ²⁷ And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will ^(AS)strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ ²⁸ But after I am raised up, ^(AT)I will go before you to Galilee.” ^29 (AU)Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” ³⁰ And ^(AV)Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before ^(AW)the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” ³¹ But ^(AX)he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^32 (AY)And they went ^(AZ)to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” ³³ And he took with him ^(BA)Peter and James and John, and began ^(BB)to be greatly distressed and troubled. ³⁴ And he said to them, ^(BC)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and ^(BD)watch.”^{[d] 35} And going a little farther, he fell on the ground ^(BE)and prayed that, if it were possible, ^(BF)the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ And he said, ^(BG)“Abba, Father, ^(BH)all things are possible for you. Remove ^(BI)this cup from me. ^(BJ)Yet not what I will, but what you will.” ³⁷ And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? ^38 (BK)Watch and ^(BL)pray that you may not ^(BM)enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ³⁹ And again he went away and prayed, ^(BN)saying the same words. ⁴⁰ And again he came and found them sleeping, for ^(BO)their eyes were very heavy, and ^(BP)they did not know what to answer him. ⁴¹ And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? ^(BQ)It is enough; ^(BR)the hour has come. ^(BS)The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^43 (BT)And immediately, while he was still speaking, ^(BU)Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. ⁴⁴ Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.” ⁴⁵ And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, ^(BV)“Rabbi!” And he ^(BW)kissed him. ⁴⁶ And they laid hands on him and seized him. ⁴⁷ But one of those who stood by drew his ^(BX)sword and struck the servant^[e] of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? ^49 (BY)Day after day I was with you in the temple ^(BZ)teaching, and you did not seize me. But ^(CA)let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” ^50 (CB)And they all left him and fled.

A Young Man Flees

⁵¹ And a young man followed him, with nothing but ^(CC)a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, ⁵² but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Jesus Before the Council

^53 (CD)And ^(CE)they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. ^54 (CF)And ^(CG)Peter had followed him at a distance, ^(CH)right into ^(CI)the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with ^(CJ)the guards and ^(CK)warming himself at the fire. ⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole council^[f] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. ^56 (CL)For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony ^(CM)did not agree. ⁵⁷ And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, ^58 (CN)“We heard him say, ^(CO)‘I will destroy this temple ^(CP)that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, ^(CQ)not made with hands.’” ⁵⁹ Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. ⁶⁰ And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”^{[g] 61} But ^(CR)he remained silent and made no answer. ^(CS)Again the high priest asked him, “Are you ^(CT)the Christ, the Son of ^(CU)the Blessed?” ⁶² And Jesus said, “I am, and ^(CV)you will see the Son of Man ^(CW)seated at the right hand of Power, and ^(CX)coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁶³ And the high priest ^(CY)tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? ⁶⁴ You have heard ^(CZ)his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they ^(DA)all condemned him as ^(DB)deserving death. ^65 (DC)And some began ^(DD)to spit on him and ^(DE)to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him ^(DF)with blows.

Peter Denies Jesus

^66 (DG)And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(DH)warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway^[h] and ^(DI)the rooster crowed.^{[i] 69} And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰ But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.” ⁷¹ But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” ⁷² And immediately the rooster crowed ^(DJ)a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, ^(DK)“Before the rooster crows twice, you will ^(DL)deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.^[j]

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

15 ^(DM)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(DN)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^(DO)they bound Jesus and ^(DP)led him away and ^(DQ)delivered him over to ^(DR)Pilate. ^2 (DS)And Pilate asked him, ^(DT)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(DU)“You have said so.” ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(DV)“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵ But Jesus ^(DW)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^6 (DX)Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷ And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(DY)committed murder ^(DZ)in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸ And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹ And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he perceived that ^(EA)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹² And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^(EB)the man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^(EC)What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(ED)scourged^[k] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (EE)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(EF)the palace (that is, ^(EG)the governor's headquarters),^[l] and they called together the whole ^(EH)battalion.^{[m] 17} And they clothed him in ^(EI)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(EJ)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(EK)spitting on him and ^(EL)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(EM)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(EN)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(EO)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (EP)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (EQ)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(ER)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(ES)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(ET)it was the third hour^[n] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(EU)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(EV)robbers, ^(EW)one on his right and one on his left.^{[o] 29} And ^(EX)those who passed by derided him, ^(EY)wagging their heads and saying, ^(EZ)“Aha! ^(FA)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(FB)“He saved others; ^(FC)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(FD)the Christ, ^(FE)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(FF)see and believe.” ^(FG)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[p] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[q] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(FH)cried with a loud voice, ^(FI)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(FJ)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(FK)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(FL)uttered a loud cry and ^(FM)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(FN)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (FO)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[r] breathed his last, he said, ^(FP)“Truly this man was the Son^[s] of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also ^(FQ)women looking on ^(FR)from a distance, among whom were ^(FS)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(FT)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(FU)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(FV)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (FW)And when evening had come, since it was ^(FX)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(FY)a respected member of the council, who ^(FZ)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[t] And summoning ^(GA)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(GB)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[u] bought ^(GC)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(GD)laid him in a tomb ^(GE)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(GF)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (GG)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

The Resurrection

16 ^(GH)(GI)When the Sabbath was past, ^(GJ)Mary Magdalene, ^(GK)Mary the mother of James, and ^(GL)Salome ^(GM)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. ² And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. ³ And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^(GN)the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴ And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—^(GO)it was very large. ⁵ And ^(GP)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^(GQ)dressed in ^(GR)a white robe, and ^(GS)they were alarmed. ⁶ And he said to them, ^(GT)“Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter that ^(GU)he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, ^(GV)just as he told you.” ⁸ And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]^[v]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, ^(GW)he appeared first to ^(GX)Mary Magdalene, ^(GY)from whom he had cast out seven demons. ^10 (GZ)She went and told those who had been with him, ^(HA)as they ^(HB)mourned and wept. ¹¹ But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they ^(HC)would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

^12 (HD)After these things ^(HE)he appeared in ^(HF)another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. ^13 (HG)And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

¹⁴ Afterward ^(HH)he appeared ^(HI)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(HJ)unbelief and ^(HK)hardness of heart, because ^(HL)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵ And he said to them, ^(HM)“Go into all the world and ^(HN)proclaim the gospel to ^(HO)the whole creation. ^16 (HP)Whoever believes and is ^(HQ)baptized ^(HR)will be saved, but ^(HS)whoever ^(HT)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And ^(HU)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(HV)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(HW)they will speak in new tongues; ^18 (HX)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(HY)they will lay their hands ^(HZ)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, ^(IA)after he had spoken to them, ^(IB)was taken up into heaven and ^(IC)sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, while ^(ID)the Lord worked with them and confirmed ^(IE)the message ^(IF)by accompanying signs.]]