Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Plot against Jesus
(Mark 14.1–2; Luke 22.1–2; John 11.45–53)
1 When Jesus had finished
teaching all these things, he
said to his disciples,
2 “In two days,
as you know, it will be the Passover
Festival, and the Son of Man will be
handed over to be crucified.” note
3 Then the chief priests and the
elders met together in the palace
of Caiaphas, the High Priest,
4 and
made plans to arrest Jesus secretly
and put him to death.
5 “We must
not do it during the festival,” they
said, “or the people will riot.”
Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany
(Mark 14.3–9; John 12.1–8)
6 Jesus was in Bethany at the
house of Simon, a man who had suffered
from a dreaded skin disease.
7 While Jesus was eating, a woman
came to him with an alabaster jar
filled with an expensive perfume,
which she poured on his head. note
8 The
disciples saw this and became angry.
“Why all this waste?” they
asked.
9 “This perfume could have
been sold for a large amount and the
money given to the poor!”
10 Jesus knew what they were saying,
and so he said to them, “Why
are you bothering this woman? It is
a fine and beautiful thing that she
has done for me.
11 You will always
have poor people with you, but you
will not always have me. note
12 What she
did was to pour this perfume on my
body to get me ready for burial.
13 Now, I assure you that wherever
this gospel is preached all over the
world, what she has done will be
told in memory of her.”
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
(Mark 14.10–11; Luke 22.3–6)
14 Then one of the twelve disciples—
the one named Judas Iscariot
—went to the chief priests
15 and
asked, “What will you give me if I
betray Jesus to you?” They counted
out thirty silver coins and gave them
to him. note
16 From then on Judas was
looking for a good chance to hand
Jesus over to them.
Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with
His Disciples
(Mark 14.12–21; Luke 22.7–14, 21–23; John 13.21–30)
17 On the first day of the Festival of
Unleavened Bread the disciples
came to Jesus and asked him,
“Where do you want us to get the
Passover meal ready for you?”
18 “Go to a certain man in the
city,” he said to them, “and tell him:
‘The Teacher says, My hour has
come; my disciples and I will celebrate
the Passover at your house.’”
19 The disciples did as Jesus had
told them and prepared the Passover
meal.
20 When it was evening, Jesus and
the twelve disciples sat down to eat.
21 During the meal Jesus said, “I tell
you, one of you will betray me.”
22 The disciples were very upset
and began to ask him, one after the
other, “Surely, Lord, you don't mean
me?”
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23 Jesus answered, “One who dips
his bread in the dish with me will betray
me. note
24 The Son of Man will die
as the Scriptures say he will, but
how terrible for that man who will
betray the Son of Man! It would
have been better for that man if he
had never been born!”
25 Judas, the traitor, spoke up.
“Surely, Teacher, you don't mean
me?” he asked.
25 Jesus answered, “So you say.”
The Lord's Supper
(Mark 14.22–26; Luke 22.14–20;
1 Corinthians 11.23–25)
26 While they were eating, Jesus
took a piece of bread, gave a prayer
of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples. “Take and eat it,” he said;
“this is my body.”
27 Then he took a cup, gave thanks
to God, and gave it to them. “Drink
it, all of you,” he said;
28 “this is my
blood, which seals God's covenant,
my blood poured out for many for
the forgiveness of sins. note
29 I tell you, I
will never again drink this wine until
the day I drink the new wine with
you in my Father's Kingdom.”
30 Then they sang a hymn and
went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
(Mark 14.27–31; Luke 22.31–34; John 13.36–38)
31 Then Jesus said to them, “This
very night all of you will run away
and leave me, for the scripture says,
‘God will kill the shepherd, and the
sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ note
32 But after I am raised to life, I will
go to Galilee ahead of you.” note
33 Peter spoke up and said to Jesus,
“I will never leave you, even though
all the rest do!”
34 Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you
that before the rooster crows tonight,
you will say three times that
you do not know me.”
35 Peter answered, “I will never
say that, even if I have to die with
you!”
35 And all the other disciples said the
same thing.
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
(Mark 14.32–42; Luke 22.39–46)
36 Then Jesus went with his disciples
to a place called Gethsemane,
and he said to them, “Sit here while
I go over there and pray.”
37 He took
with him Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee. Grief and anguish came
over him,
38 and he said to them,
“The sorrow in my heart is so great
that it almost crushes me. Stay here
and keep watch with me.”
39 He went a little farther on, threw
himself face downward on the
ground, and prayed, “My Father, if it
is possible, take this cup of suffering
from me! Yet not what I want, but
what you want.”
40 Then he returned to the three
disciples and found them asleep; and
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he said to Peter, “How is it that you
three were not able to keep watch
with me for even one hour?
41 Keep
watch and pray that you will not fall
into temptation. The spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak.”
42 Once more Jesus went away and
prayed, “My Father, if this cup of
suffering cannot be taken away unless
I drink it, your will be done.”
43 He returned once more and found
the disciples asleep; they could not
keep their eyes open.
44 Again Jesus left them, went
away, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words.
45 Then he
returned to the disciples and said,
“Are you still sleeping and resting?
Look! The hour has come for the Son
of Man to be handed over to the
power of sinful men.
46 Get up, let us
go. Look, here is the man who is betraying
me!”
The Arrest of Jesus
(Mark 14.43–50; Luke 22.47–53; John 18.3–12)
47 Jesus was still speaking when
Judas, one of the twelve disciples,
arrived. With him was a large crowd
armed with swords and clubs and
sent by the chief priests and the
elders.
48 The traitor had given the
crowd a signal: “The man I kiss is
the one you want. Arrest him!”
49 Judas went straight to Jesus and
said, “Peace be with you, Teacher,”
and kissed him.
50 Jesus answered, “Be quick
about it, friend!” note
50 Then they came up, arrested
Jesus, and held him tight.
51 One of
those who were with Jesus drew his
sword and struck at the High
Priest's slave, cutting off his ear.
52 “Put your sword back in its place,”
Jesus said to him. “All who take the
sword will die by the sword.
53 Don't
you know that I could call on my Father
for help, and at once he would
send me more than twelve armies of
angels?
54 But in that case, how could
the Scriptures come true which say
that this is what must happen?”
55 Then Jesus spoke to the crowd,
“Did you have to come with swords
and clubs to capture me, as though I
were an outlaw? Every day I sat
down and taught in the Temple, and
you did not arrest me. note
56 But all this
has happened in order to make come
true what the prophets wrote in the
Scriptures.”
56 Then all the disciples left him and
ran away.
Jesus before the Council
(Mark 14.53–65; Luke 22.54–55, 63–71;
John 18.13–14, 19–24)
57 Those who had arrested Jesus
took him to the house of Caiaphas,
the High Priest, where the teachers
of the Law and the elders had gathered
together.
58 Peter followed from
a distance, as far as the courtyard of
the High Priest's house. He went
into the courtyard and sat down
with the guards to see how it would
all come out.
59 The chief priests and
the whole Council tried to find some
false evidence against Jesus to put
him to death;
60 but they could not
find any, even though many people
came forward and told lies about
him. Finally two men stepped up
61 and said, “This man said, ‘I am
able to tear down God's Temple and
three days later build it back up.’” note
62 The High Priest stood up and
said to Jesus, “Have you no answer
to give to this accusation against
you?”
63 But Jesus kept quiet. Again
the High Priest spoke to him, “In the
name of the living God I now put
you under oath: tell us if you are the
Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 Jesus answered him, “So you
say. But I tell all of you: from this
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time on you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right side of the Almighty
and coming on the clouds of
heaven!” note
65 At this the High Priest tore his
clothes and said, “Blasphemy! We
don't need any more witnesses! You
have just heard his blasphemy!
66 What do you think?”
66 They answered, “He is guilty and
must die.” note
67 Then they spat in his face and
beat him; and those who slapped
him note
68 said, “Prophesy for us, Messiah!
Guess who hit you!”
Peter Denies Jesus
(Mark 14.66–72; Luke 22.56–62; John 18.15–18, 25–27)
69 Peter was sitting outside in the
courtyard when one of the High
Priest's servant girls came to him
and said, “You, too, were with Jesus
of Galilee.”
70 But he denied it in front of them
all. “I don't know what you are talking
about,” he answered,
71 and went
on out to the entrance of the courtyard.
Another servant girl saw him
and said to the men there, “He was
with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72 Again Peter denied it and answered,
“I swear that I don't know
that man!”
73 After a little while the men
standing there came to Peter. “Of
course you are one of them,” they
said. “After all, the way you speak
gives you away!”
74 Then Peter said, “I swear that I
am telling the truth! May God punish
me if I am not! I do not know that
man!”
74 Just then a rooster crowed,
75 and
Peter remembered what Jesus had
told him: “Before the rooster crows,
you will say three times that you do
not know me.” He went out and
wept bitterly.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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