Mark 14:12–35

PREPARATION FOR PASSOVER

¹²On^w the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb,^x his disciples^y asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it?”

¹³So he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher^z says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ ¹⁵He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.” ¹⁶So the disciples^aa went out, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

BETRAYAL AT THE PASSOVER

¹⁷When^ab evening came, he arrived with the Twelve.^{ac 18}While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”

¹⁹They began to be distressed and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?”

²⁰He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread in the bowl with me. ²¹For the Son of Man^ad will go just as it is written^ae about him,^af but woe^ag to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

THE FIRST LORD’S SUPPER

²²As^ah they were eating, he took bread,^ai blessed and broke^aj it, gave it to them,^ak and said, “Take it; this is my body.”^{al 23}Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks,^am he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant,^Aan which is poured out^ao for many.^{ap 25}Truly I tell you,^aq I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine^ar until that day when I drink it new^Bas in the kingdom of God.”^at

²⁶After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.^au

PETER’S DENIAL PREDICTED

²⁷Then^av Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away,^C because it is written:^aw

I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep^ax will be scattered.^Day

²⁸But after I have risen,^az I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”^ba

²⁹Peter^bb told him, “Even if everyone falls away, I will not.”

³⁰“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”^bc

³¹But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” And they all said the same thing.

THE PRAYER IN THE GARDEN

³²Then^bd they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples,^be “Sit here while I pray.”^{bf 33}He took Peter,^bg James,^bh and John^bi with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. ³⁴He said to them, “I am deeply grieved^E to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”^{bj 35}He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour^a might pass from him.