Mark 14:12–35

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal

¹²It was now the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. Jesus’ followers said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?”

¹³Jesus sent two of his followers and said to them, “Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴When he goes into a house, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says: “Where is my guest room in which I can eat the Passover meal with my followers?” ’ ¹⁵The owner will show you a large room upstairs that is furnished and ready. Prepare the food for us there.”

¹⁶So the followers left and went into the city. Everything happened as Jesus had said, so they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷In the evening, Jesus went to that house with the twelve. ¹⁸While they were all eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will turn against me—one of you eating with me now.”

¹⁹The followers were very sad to hear this. Each one began to say to Jesus, “I am not the one, am I?”

²⁰Jesus answered, “It is one of the twelve—the one who dips his bread into the bowl with me. ²¹The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

The Lord’s Supper

²²While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to his followers and said, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³Then Jesus took a cup and thanked God for it and gave it to the followers, and they all drank from the cup.

²⁴Then Jesus said, “This is my blood which is the new ⁿagreement that God makes with his people. This blood is poured out for many. ²⁵I tell you the truth, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine ⁿ again until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

²⁶After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus’ Followers Will Leave Him

²⁷Then Jesus told the followers, “You will all stumble in your faith, because it is written in the Scriptures:

‘I will kill the shepherd,

and the sheep will scatter.’

²⁸But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

²⁹Peter said, “Everyone else may stumble in their faith, but I will not.”

³⁰Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, tonight before the rooster crows twice you will say three times you don’t know me.”

³¹But Peter insisted, “I will never say that I don’t know you! I will even die with you!” And all the other followers said the same thing.

Jesus Prays Alone

³²Jesus and his followers went to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, “Sit here while I pray.” ³³Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be very sad and troubled. ³⁴He said to them, “My heart is full of sorrow, to the point of death. Stay here and watch.”

³⁵After walking a little farther away from them, Jesus fell to the ground and prayed that, if possible, he would not have this time of suffering.