Mark 14:26–65

^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.

³⁶And He was saying, “^aAbba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; ^byet not what I will, but what You will.”

³⁷And He ^*came and ^*found them sleeping, and ^*said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

³⁸“^aKeep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

³⁹And again He went away and prayed, saying the same ¹words.

⁴⁰And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

⁴¹And He ^*came the third time, and ^*said to them, “¹Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; ^athe hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being ²betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴²“Get up, let us go; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^43aAnd immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, ^*came up, and with him was a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away ¹under guard.”

⁴⁵And after coming, Judas, having immediately gone to Him, ^*said, “^aRabbi!” and kissed Him.

⁴⁶And they laid hands on Him and seized Him.

⁴⁷But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and ¹cut off his ear.

⁴⁸And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

⁴⁹“Every day I was with you ^ain the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place in order that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

⁵⁰And they all left Him and fled.

⁵¹And a young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they ^*seized him.

⁵²But he ¹pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

Jesus Before His Accusers

^53aThen they led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes ^*gathered together.

⁵⁴And Peter followed Him at a distance, ^aright into ^bthe courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ¹officers and ^cwarming himself at the ²fire.

⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole ^1aSanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

⁵⁶For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

⁵⁷And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying,

⁵⁸“We ourselves heard Him say, ‘^aI will destroy this ¹sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

⁵⁹And not even in this way was their testimony consistent.

⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?”

^61aBut He kept silent and did not answer. ^bAgain the high priest was questioning Him and ^*said to Him, “Are You the ¹Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

⁶²And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see ^athe Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and ^bcoming with the clouds of heaven.”

^63aAnd tearing his tunics, the high priest ^*said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?

⁶⁴“You have heard the ^ablasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

⁶⁵And some began to ^aspit at Him, and ^1bto blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “^cProphesy!” And the officers ²received Him with ³slaps in the face.