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Mark 14:25  l  874
them. 25 “Tru­ly I tell you, I will not ­drink
again from the ­fruit of the vine un­til that
day when I ­drink it new in the king­dom of
God.”
26 When they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the M
­ ount 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.’  a
28 But af­ter I have ris­en, I will go ­ahead of
you into Gal­i­lee.”
29 Pe­ter de­clared, “Even if all fall away, I
will not.”
30 “Tru­ly I tell you,” ­Jesus an­swered, “to­
day  — ​ yes, to­night  — ​be­fore the roost­er
­crows ­twice  b you your­self will dis­own me
three times.”
31  But Pe­ter in­sist­ed em­phat­i­cal­ly, “Even
if I have to die with you, I will nev­er dis­
own you.” And all the oth­ers said the same.
Gethsemane
32 They went to a p
­ lace ­called Geth­sem­a­
ne, and ­Jesus said to his dis­ci­ples, “Sit here
while I pray.” 33 He took Pe­ter, ­James and
John ­along with him, and he be­gan to be
deep­ly dis­tressed and trou­bled. 34 “My soul
is over­whelmed with sor­row to the ­point
of ­death,” he said to them. “Stay here and
keep watch.”
35 Go­ing a lit­tle far­ther, he fell to the
ground and p
­ rayed that if pos­si­ble the
hour m
­ ight pass from him. 36  “Abba,  c Fa­
ther,” he said, “ev­ery­thing is pos­si­ble for
you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what
I will, but what you will.”
37 Then he re­turned to his dis­ci­ples and
­found them sleep­ing. “Si­mon,” he said to
Pe­ter, “are you ­asleep? ­Couldn’t you keep
watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray so
that you will not fall into temp­ta­tion. The
spir­it is will­ing, but the ­flesh is weak.”
39 Once more he went away and ­prayed
the same t ­ hing. 40 When he came back, he
­again ­found them sleep­ing, be­cause ­their
eyes were ­heavy. They did not know what
to say to him.
41 Re­turn­ing the ­third time, he said to
them, “Are you ­still sleep­ing and rest­ing?
Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son
of Man is de­liv­ered into the ­hands of sin­
ners. 42 Rise! Let us go! Here ­comes my be­
tray­er!”
­Jesus Arrested
43 Just as he was speak­ing, Ju­das, one
of the ­Twelve, ap­peared. With him was a
crowd ­armed with ­swords and ­clubs, sent
from the c ­ hief p
­ riests, the teach­ers of the
law, and the el­ders.
44 Now the be­
t ray­
e r had ar­
ranged a
sig­nal with them: “The one I kiss is the
man; ar­rest him and lead him away un­
der ­guard.” 45  Go­ing at once to ­Jesus, Ju­das
said, “Rab­bi!” and ­kissed him. 46 The men
seized ­Jesus and ar­rest­ed him. 47 Then one
of ­those stand­ing near drew his ­sword and
struck the ser­vant of the high p
­ riest, cut­
ting off his ear.
48 “Am I lead­ing a re­bel­lion,” said ­Jesus,
“that you have come out with ­swords and
clubs to cap­ture me? 49 Ev­ery day I was with
you, teach­ing in the tem­ple ­courts, and
you did not ar­rest me. But the Scrip­tures
must be ful­filled.” 50  Then ev­ery­one de­sert­
ed him and fled.
51 A ­young man, wear­ing noth­ing but a
lin­en gar­ment, was fol­low­ing ­Jesus. When
they s ­ eized him, 52 he fled na­ked, leav­ing
his gar­ment be­hind.
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 dis­tance, ­right into the
court­yard of the high ­priest. ­There he sat
with the ­guards and ­warmed him­self at
the fire.
55 The ­chief ­priests and the ­whole San­
he­drin were look­ing for ev­i­dence ­against
Jesus so that they c ­ ould put him to d
­ eath,
but they did not find any. 56  Many tes­ti­fied
false­ly ­against him, but ­their state­ments
did not agree.
57 Then some s ­ tood up and gave this
­false tes­ti­mo­ny ­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 tes­ti­mo­ny did not
agree.
60 Then the high ­priest ­stood up be­fore
them and ­asked ­Jesus, “Are you not go­
ing to an­swer? What is this tes­ti­mo­ny that
these men are bring­ing ­against you?” 61 But
Jesus re­mained si­lent and gave no an­swer.
Again the high ­priest ­asked him, “Are
you the Mes­si­ah, the Son of the ­Blessed
One?”
a  27 Zech.
13:7    b  30  Some early manuscripts do
not have twice.    c  36  Aramaic for father