Mark 14:12–35

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.”

¹⁶And the disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

^17aAnd when it was evening He ^*came with the twelve.

¹⁸And as they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will ¹betray Me—the one who is eating with Me.”

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

²⁰And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, the one who dips with Me in the bowl.

²¹“For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man ¹by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good ²for that man if he had not been born.”

The Lord’s Supper

^22aAnd while they were eating, He took some bread, and ¹after a ^bblessing, He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.”

²³And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

²⁴And He said to them, “This is My ^ablood of the ^bcovenant, which is poured out for many.

²⁵“Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

^26aAnd after singing a hymn, they went out to ^bthe Mount of Olives.

^27aAnd Jesus ^*said to them, “You will all ¹fall away, because it is written, ‘^bI will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’

²⁸“But after I have been raised, ^aI will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

²⁹But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may ¹fall away, yet I will not.”

³⁰And Jesus ^*said to him, “Truly I say to you, that ^atoday, this very night, before ^ba rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

³¹But Peter kept saying insistently, “If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^32aThen they ^*came to a place named Gethsemane; and He ^*said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

³³And He ^*took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very ^adistressed and troubled.

³⁴And He ^*said to them, “^aMy soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

³⁵And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, ^athe hour might pass from Him.