Mark 13:14–14:31

¹⁴‘And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; ¹⁵and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house; ¹⁶and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

¹⁷‘And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; ¹⁸and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, ¹⁹for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be; ²⁰and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

²¹‘And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe; ²²for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen; ²³and ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.

²⁴‘But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, ²⁵and the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁶‘And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory, ²⁷and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

²⁸‘And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer; ²⁹so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors. ³⁰Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass; ³¹the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

³²‘And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known—not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son—except the Father. ³³Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is; ³⁴as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch; ³⁵watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; ³⁶lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping; ³⁷and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.’

Chapter 14

¹And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him; ²and they said, ‘Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.’ ³And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head; ⁴and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, ‘For what hath this waste of the ointment been made? ⁵for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;’ and they were murmuring at her. ⁶And Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me; ⁷for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always; ⁸what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming. ⁹Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of—for a memorial of her.’ ¹⁰And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them, ¹¹and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

¹²And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, ‘Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?’ ¹³And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, ‘Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him; ¹⁴and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house—The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat? ¹⁵and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared—there make ready for us.’ ¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover. ¹⁷And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve, ¹⁸and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, ‘Verily I say to you—one of you, who is eating with me—shall deliver me up.’ ¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, ‘Is it I?’ and another, ‘Is it I?’ ²⁰And he answering said to them, ‘One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish; ²¹the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.’ ²²And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is my body.’ ²³And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it—all; ²⁴and he said to them, ‘This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out; ²⁵verily I say to you, that no more may I drink of the produce of the vine till that day when I may drink it new in the reign of God.’ ²⁶And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives, ²⁷and Jesus saith to them—‘All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, ²⁸but after my having risen I will go before you to Galilee.’ ²⁹And Peter said to him, ‘And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;’ ³⁰And Jesus said to him, ‘Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.’ ³¹And he spake the more vehemently, ‘If it may be necessary for me to die with thee—I will in no wise deny thee;’ and in like manner also said they all.