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Mark 14:63   |  827
24  “This is my ­blood of the  a cov­enant, ­w hich
is p
­ oured out for many,” he said to them.
25  “Tru­l y I tell you, I will not ­d rink ­again from
the ­f ruit of the vine un­t il that day when I ­d rink
it new in the king­dom of God.”
26  When they had sung a hymn, they went
out to the ­Mount of Ol­ives.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
27  “You will all fall away,” ­Jesus told them,
“for it is writ­ten:
“ ‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’  b
28  But
af­ter I have ris­en, I will go ­a head of you
into Gal­i ­lee.”
29  Pe­ter de­clared, “Even if all fall away, I will
not.”
30  “Tru­l y I tell you,” ­Jesus an­s wered, “to­
day — ​yes, to­n ight — ​be­fore the roost­er ­c rows
t wice  c you your­s elf will dis­o wn me ­t hree
times.”
31  But Pe­ter in­sist­ed em­phat­i­c al­l y, “Even if I
have to die with you, I will nev­er dis­own you.”
And all the oth­ers said the same.
Gethsemane
32  They went to a ­place ­c alled Geth­sem­a ­ne,
and ­Jesus said to his dis­ci­ples, “Sit here ­while
I pray.” 33  He took Pe­ter, ­James and John ­a long
with him, and he be­gan to be deep­ly dis­t ressed
and trou­bled. 34  “My soul is over­whelmed with
sor­row to the ­point of ­death,” he said to them.
“Stay here and keep watch.”
35  Go­i ng a lit­t le far­t her, he fell to the ­g round
and ­prayed that if pos­si­ble the hour ­m ight pass
from him. 36  “Abba,  d Fa­t her,” he said, “ev­ery­
thing is pos­si­ble for you. Take this cup from
me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
37  Then he re­t urned to his dis­c i­p les and
found them sleep­i ng. “Si­mon,” he said to Pe­
ter, “are you ­asleep? ­Couldn’t you keep ­watch
for one hour? 38  Watch and pray so that you will
not fall into temp­t a­t ion. The spir­it is will­i ng,
but the ­f lesh is weak.”
39  Once more he went away and ­prayed the
same ­t hing. 40  When he came back, he ­again
found them sleep­i ng, be­cause ­t heir eyes were
heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
41  Re­t urn­i ng the ­t hird time, he said to them,
“Are you ­still sleep­i ng and rest­i ng? ­E nough!
The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is
de­l iv­ered into the ­hands of sin­ners. 42  Rise! Let
us go! Here ­comes my be­t ray­er!”
Jesus Arrested
43  Just as he was speak­i ng, Ju­d as, one of
the ­Twelve, ap­peared. With him was a ­c rowd
a rmed with ­s words and ­clubs, sent from the
chief ­priests, the teach­ers of the law, and the
el­ders.
44  Now the be­t ray­er had ar­r anged a sig­n al
with them: “The one I kiss is the man; ar­rest
him and lead him away un­der ­g uard.” 45  Go­
ing at once to ­Jesus, Ju­das said, “Rab­bi!” and
k issed him. 46  The men ­seized ­Jesus and ar­
rest­ed him. 47  Then one of ­t hose stand­i ng near
drew his ­s word and ­struck the ser­vant of the
high p
­ riest, cut­t ing off his ear.
48  “Am I lead­i ng a re­bel­l ion,” said ­Jesus, “that
you have come out with ­s words and ­clubs to
cap­t ure me? 49  Ev­ery day I was with you, teach­
ing in the tem­ple ­courts, and you did not ar­
rest me. But the Scrip­t ures must be ful­f illed.”
50  Then ev­ery­one de­sert­ed him and fled.
51  A ­young man, wear­i ng noth­i ng but a lin­
en gar­ment, was fol­low­i ng ­Jesus. When they
seized him, 52  he fled na­ked, leav­i ng his gar­
ment be­h ind.
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
53  They
took ­Jesus to the high ­priest, and all
the ­chief ­priests, the el­ders and the teach­ers of
the law came to­geth­er. 54  Pe­ter fol­lowed him
at a dis­t ance, ­r ight into the court­y ard of the
high ­priest. ­T here he sat with the ­g uards and
warmed him­self at the fire.
55  The ­chief ­priests and the ­w hole San­he­d rin
were look­i ng for ev­i­dence ­against ­Jesus so that
they ­could put him to ­death, but they did not
find any. 56  Many tes­t i­f ied false­ly ­against him,
but t ­ heir state­ments did not agree.
57  Then some ­s tood up and gave this ­f alse
tes­t i­mo­ny ­against him: 58  “We ­heard him say,
‘I will de­stroy this tem­ple made with hu­man
hands and in ­t hree days will ­build an­oth­er, not
made with ­hands.’ ” 59  Yet even then ­t heir tes­t i­
mo­ny did not agree.
60  Then the high ­priest ­stood up be­fore them
and ­asked ­Jesus, “Are you not go­i ng to an­swer?
What is this tes­t i­mo­ny that ­t hese men are
bring­i ng ­against you?” 61  But ­Jesus re­mained
si­lent and gave no an­swer.
Again the high ­priest ­a sked him, “Are you
the Mes­si­a h, the Son of the ­Blessed One?”
62  “I am,” said ­Jesus. “And you will see the
Son of Man sit­t ing at the ­r ight hand of the
M ighty One and com­i ng on the ­c louds of
heav­en.”
63  The high ­priest tore his ­c lothes. “Why
a  24  Some manuscripts the new    b  27  Zech. 13:7    c  30  Some early manuscripts do not have twice.    d  36  Aramaic
for father