Mark 13:14–14:31

¹⁴But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains; ¹⁵and him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter into it to take away anything out of his house; ¹⁶and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment. ¹⁷But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days! ¹⁸And pray that it may not be in winter time; ¹⁹for those days shall be distress such as there has not been the like since the beginning of creation which God created, until now, and never shall be; ²⁰and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days. ²¹And then if any one say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo, there, believe it not. ²²For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²³But do ye take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

²⁴But in those days, after that distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light; ²⁵and the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken; ²⁶and then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory; ²⁷and then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from end of earth to end of heaven.

²⁸But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when its branch already becomes tender and puts forth the leaves, ye know that the summer is near. ²⁹Thus also ye, when ye see these things happening, know that it is near, at the doors. ³⁰Verily I say unto you, This generation shall in no wise pass away, till all these things take place. ³¹The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. ³²But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. ³³Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is: ³⁴it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch. ³⁵Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning; ³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷But what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

Chapter 14

¹Now the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him. ²For they said, Not in the feast, lest perhaps there be a tumult of the people. ³And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head. ⁴And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment? ⁵for this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they spoke very angrily at her. ⁶But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me; ⁷for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always. ⁸What she could she has done. She has beforehand anointed my body for the burial. ⁹And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, what this woman has done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her. ¹⁰And Judas Iscariote, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them; ¹¹and they, when they heard it, rejoiced, and promised him to give money. And he sought how he could opportunely deliver him up.

¹²And the first day of unleavened bread, when they slew the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? ¹³And he sends two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him. ¹⁴And wheresoever he enters, say to the master of the house, The Teacher says, Where is my guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples? ¹⁵and he will shew you a large upper room furnished ready. There make ready for us. ¹⁶And his disciples went away and came into the city, and found as he had said to them; and they made ready the passover. ¹⁷And when evening was come, he comes with the twelve. ¹⁸And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me. ¹⁹And they began to be grieved, and to say to him, one by one, Is it I? and another, Is it I? ²⁰But he answered and said to them, One of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. ²¹The Son of man goes indeed as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born. ²²And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread, when he had blessed, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, Take this: this is my body. ²³And having taken the cup, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank out of it. ²⁴And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many. ²⁵Verily I say to you, I will no more drink at all of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God. ²⁶And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives. ²⁷And Jesus says to them, All ye shall be offended, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad. ²⁸But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. ²⁹But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet not I. ³⁰And Jesus says to him, Verily I say to thee, that thou to-day, in this night, before the cock shall crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. ³¹But he said so much exceedingly the more, If I should have to die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. And likewise said they all too.