Mark 14:1–25

Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus

Matt. 26:1–5; Luke 22:1, 2

14After ^atwo days it was the Passover and ^bthe Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by ¹trickery and put Him to death. ²But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”

Mary Anoints Jesus

Matt. 26:6–13; John 12:2–8

^3cAnd being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly ²oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. ⁴But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? ⁵For it might have been sold for more than three hundred ^ddenarii and given to the poor.” And they ^ecriticized ³her sharply.

⁶But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. ^7fFor you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^gbut Me you do not have always. ⁸She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial. ⁹Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is ^hpreached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

Judas Plans to Betray Jesus

Matt. 26:14; Luke 22:3–6

¹⁰ⁱThen Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. ¹¹And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

The Passover is Prepared

Matt. 26:17–19; Luke 22:7–13

^12jNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they ⁴killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”

¹³And He sent out 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. ¹⁴Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’ ¹⁵Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us.”

¹⁶So His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.

The Passover is Celebrated

Matt. 26:20–25; Luke 22:14–16; John 13:21–30

^17kIn the evening He came with the twelve. ¹⁸Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^lone of you who eats with Me will betray Me.”

¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, “Is it I?” ⁵And another said, “Is it I?”

²⁰He answered and said to them, “It is one of the twelve, who dips with Me in the dish. ^21mThe Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”

The Lord’s Supper is Instituted

Matt. 26:26–29; Luke 22:17–23

²²ⁿAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, ⁶eat; this is My ^obody.”

²³Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴And He said to them, “This is My blood of the ⁷new covenant, which is shed for many. ²⁵Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”