Mark 14:1–15

The Plot to Kill Jesus

^1aNow ^bthe Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes ^cwere seeking how, after seizing Him in secret, they might kill Him;

²for they were saying, “Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people.”

The Costly Perfume

^3aAnd while He was in ^bBethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very ^ccostly pure ¹nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head.

⁴But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

⁵“For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred ¹denarii and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

⁶But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She did a good work to Me.

⁷“For you always have ^athe poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

⁸“She has done what she could; ^ashe anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

⁹“And truly I say to you, ^awherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

^10aThen Judas Iscariot, ^bwho was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests in order to ¹betray Him to them.

¹¹And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

The Passover Meal

^12aAnd on the first day of ^bUnleavened Bread, when ¹the Passover lamb was being ^csacrificed, His disciples ^*said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

¹³And He ^*sent two of His disciples and ^*said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

¹⁴and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is My ^aguest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’

¹⁵“And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”