Mark 14:1–25

^1aNow ^bthe Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes ^cwere seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

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

^3aWhile He was in ^bBethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very ^ccostly perfume of pure ¹nard; and she broke the vial 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 the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

⁶But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed 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 has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

⁹“Truly I say to you, ^awherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

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

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

The Last Passover

^12aOn 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.”

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

^17aWhen it was evening He came with the twelve.

¹⁸As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will ¹betray Me—²one 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, ¹one 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

^22aWhile 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.”