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Mark 14:1¹Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:6-20 Luke 22:1-2 John 13:1 Deut 16:1-8 Acts 4:25-28 Lev 23:5-7 John 11:47 John 11:53-57 Matt 12:14 Matt 26:2-5

Mark 14:2²For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:19 John 7:40 Lam 3:27 Luke 20:6 Mark 11:18 Mark 11:32 Matt 26:5 Prov 19:21 Prov 21:30

Mark 14:3³Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 7:37-39 John 12:1-8 John 11:2 Matt 26:6-13 Song 4:13-14

Mark 14:4⁴But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive ointment?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:4-5 Matt 26:8-9 Eccl 4:4 Eccl 5:4-8 Mal 1:12-13

Mark 14:5⁵It could have been sold for more than 300 silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:29 Matt 20:11 1 Cor 10:10 Deut 1:27 Eph 4:28 Exod 16:7-8 John 12:5-6 John 6:43 John 6:7 Jude 1:16

Mark 14:6⁶But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Titus 3:14 Heb 10:24 Heb 13:21 Matt 26:10 2 Tim 2:21 Acts 9:36 Eph 2:10 Titus 2:14 Titus 2:7 1 Tim 5:10

Mark 14:7⁷For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 15:11 Matt 26:11 1 John 3:16-19 Jas 2:14-16 Acts 3:21 John 12:7-8 John 13:33 John 16:28 John 16:5 John 17:11

Mark 14:8⁸She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:12 John 12:7 2 Chr 31:20-21 2 Cor 8:1-3 Luke 23:53-24:3 Mark 15:42-16:1 1 Chr 29:1-17 2 Chr 34:19-33 1 Chr 28:2-3 John 19:32-42

Mark 14:9⁹I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 16:15 Matt 26:12-13 Matt 24:14 Ps 112:6-9 Num 31:54 Zech 6:14

Mark 14:10¹⁰Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:3-6 John 13:2 Matt 26:14-16 Ps 41:9 John 13:30 John 6:70-71 Matt 10:4 Ps 55:12-14 Mark 3:19

Mark 14:11¹¹When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:10 1 Kgs 21:20 2 Kgs 5:26 2 Pet 2:14-15 Hos 7:3 Jude 1:11 Luke 22:5-6 Matt 26:15 Prov 1:10-16 Prov 28:21-22

Mark 14:12¹²Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:6 1 Cor 5:7-8 Exod 12:18 Exod 12:8 Lev 23:5-6 Matt 26:17-19 Num 28:16-18 Deut 16:1-4 Exod 13:3 Gal 4:4

Mark 14:13¹³He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:10-13 Matt 26:18-19 Heb 4:13 Heb 5:9 John 15:14 Luke 19:30-33 Mark 11:2-3 Matt 8:9

Mark 14:14¹⁴Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 3:20 John 11:28 John 13:13 Mark 10:17 Mark 11:3

Mark 14:15¹⁵He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:13 2 Chr 6:30 Acts 20:8 John 2:24-25 John 21:17 Prov 16:1 Prov 21:1-2 Ps 110:3 2 Tim 2:19 Heb 4:13

Mark 14:16¹⁶So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 16:4 Luke 22:13 Luke 22:35

Mark 14:17¹⁷Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:14 John 13:21-26 Luke 22:21-23 Matt 26:20-24

Mark 14:18¹⁸While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 41:9 John 6:47 John 6:70 John 1:51 John 13:21 John 13:38 John 3:11 John 3:3 John 3:5 John 5:19

Mark 14:19¹⁹They were distressed, and one by one said to him, “Surely not I?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:22 Luke 22:21-23 Matt 26:22

Mark 14:20²⁰He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:26 John 6:71 Luke 22:47 Mark 14:43 Matt 26:23 Matt 26:47

Mark 14:21²¹For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:1-12 Matt 26:24-25 Dan 9:24 Matt 18:6-7 Zech 13:7 Acts 1:25 Acts 13:27-29 Acts 2:23 Acts 4:27 Dan 9:26

Mark 14:22²²While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:26-29 Mark 14:24 1 Cor 10:16-17 1 Cor 11:23-29 Luke 22:18-20 Luke 24:30 John 6:48-58 Gen 41:26 John 6:23 Mark 6:41

Mark 14:23²³And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:22 Matt 26:27 1 Cor 10:16 Luke 22:17 Rom 14:6

Mark 14:24²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 24:8 Zech 9:11 Rev 7:9-17 Heb 9:15-23 1 Cor 10:16 1 Cor 11:25 Heb 13:20-21 John 6:53 Mark 10:45 Rev 5:8-10

Mark 14:25²⁵I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:29 Ps 104:15 Amos 9:13-14 Joel 3:18 Luke 22:16-18 Luke 22:29-30 Zech 9:17

Mark 14:26²⁶After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:30 Luke 22:39

Mark 14:27²⁷Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 13:7 John 16:32 Matt 26:31 John 16:1 2 Tim 4:16 Luke 22:31-32

Mark 14:28²⁸But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 28:16 Mark 16:7 Matt 28:7 Matt 28:10 Matt 26:32 1 Cor 15:4-6 John 21:1 Matt 16:21

Mark 14:29²⁹Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:36-38 Luke 22:33-34 Matt 26:33-35 John 21:15

Mark 14:30³⁰Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today—this very night—before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:38 Mark 14:66-72 1 Cor 10:12 Gen 1:5 Gen 1:8 John 18:17 John 18:25-27 Luke 22:34 Luke 22:54-62 Matt 26:69-75

Mark 14:31³¹But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 19:8 John 13:37 2 Kgs 8:13 Deut 5:27-29 Jer 10:23 Jer 17:9 Job 40:4-5 Prov 16:18 Prov 18:24 Prov 29:23

Mark 14:32³²Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:36 Mark 14:39 Ps 18:5-6 John 18:1-11 Luke 22:39-46 Matt 26:36-46 Ps 109:4 Ps 22:1-2 Ps 88:1-3

Mark 14:33³³He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:44 Heb 5:7 Mark 1:16-19 Mark 5:37 Ps 38:11 Ps 69:1-3 Ps 88:14-16 Isa 53:10 Mark 9:2 Matt 26:37-38

Mark 14:34³⁴He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:27 Mark 13:35-37 1 Pet 5:8 1 Pet 4:7 Eph 6:18-19 Isa 53:12 Isa 53:3-4 Lam 1:12 Mark 14:37-38

Mark 14:35³⁵Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:41 Acts 10:25-26 Deut 9:18 Gen 17:3 Heb 5:7 Matt 26:39 2 Chr 7:3 Rev 4:10 1 Chr 21:15-16 Luke 17:15-16

Mark 14:36³⁶He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 4:6 John 5:30 Rom 8:15-16 Heb 5:7-8 John 12:27 John 18:11 John 6:38-39 Mark 10:27 Phil 2:8 2 Tim 2:13

Mark 14:37³⁷Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:40 2 Sam 16:17 Heb 12:3 Luke 22:45-46 Luke 9:31-32 Mark 14:29-31 Mark 14:40-41 Matt 25:5 1 Thess 5:6-8 Jer 12:5

Mark 14:38³⁸Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:41 Luke 21:36 Matt 24:42 Luke 22:40 Rom 7:18-25 Rev 3:2-3 Luke 22:46 Gal 5:17 1 Cor 16:13 1 Pet 5:8

Mark 14:39³⁹He went away again and prayed the same thing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:42-44 2 Cor 12:8 Matt 6:7 Luke 18:1

Mark 14:40⁴⁰When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 44:16 Mark 9:33-34 Rom 3:19

Mark 14:41⁴¹He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:35 Mark 9:31 John 17:1 1 Kgs 18:27 1 Kgs 22:15 2 Kgs 3:13 Acts 7:52 Eccl 11:9 Ezek 20:39 John 12:23

Mark 14:42⁴²Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:46 John 18:1-2

Mark 14:43⁴³Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:3-11 Luke 22:47-53 Matt 26:47-56 Acts 1:16 Ps 2:1-2 Ps 22:11-13 Ps 3:1-2

Mark 14:44⁴⁴(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:48-50 Prov 27:6 Exod 12:13 Ps 55:20-21

Mark 14:45⁴⁵When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:3 John 13:13-14 John 20:16 Luke 6:46 Mal 1:6 Mark 12:14 Matt 23:7-10

Mark 14:46⁴⁶Then they took hold of him and arrested him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:23 John 18:12 Judg 16:21 Lam 4:20

Mark 14:47⁴⁷One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:10-11 Luke 22:49-51 Matt 26:51-54

Mark 14:48⁴⁸Jesus said to them, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:18 Luke 22:52-53 1 Sam 24:14-15 Matt 26:55

Mark 14:49⁴⁹Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:20 John 8:2 Dan 9:24-26 Luke 22:37 Luke 24:44-45 Mark 12:35 Matt 1:22 Matt 26:54 Matt 26:56 Isa 53:1-12

Mark 14:50⁵⁰Then all the disciples left him and fled.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:27 John 16:32 2 Tim 4:16 Ps 88:18 Ps 38:11 Ps 88:7-8 Isa 63:3 Job 19:13-14 John 18:8

Mark 14:51⁵¹A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Mark 14:52⁵²but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 13:14-16 Gen 39:12

Mark 14:53⁵³Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:57-68 John 18:12-14 Luke 22:54-62 Isa 53:7 John 18:19-24 Acts 4:5-6 Mark 15:1 Matt 26:3

Mark 14:54⁵⁴And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:18 Matt 26:3 John 18:15-16 John 18:25 1 Kgs 19:13 1 Kgs 19:9 1 Sam 13:7 Luke 22:44 Luke 22:55-56 Mark 14:29-31

Mark 14:55⁵⁵The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:16-18 Acts 24:1-13 Matt 26:59-60 Matt 5:22 1 Kgs 21:13 Acts 6:11-13 Dan 6:4 Ps 27:12 Ps 35:11 1 Kgs 21:10

Mark 14:56⁵⁶Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Mark 14:57⁵⁷Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 6:13-14 Matt 26:60-61 Jer 26:18 Jer 26:8-9 John 2:18-21 Mark 15:29 Matt 27:40

Mark 14:58⁵⁸“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 2:19 2 Cor 5:1 Heb 9:11 Acts 7:48 Heb 9:24 Mark 15:29 Dan 2:34 Dan 2:45

Mark 14:59⁵⁹Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Mark 14:60⁶⁰Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 19:9-10 Mark 15:3-5 Matt 26:62-63

Mark 14:61⁶¹But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:63-64 Mark 15:2 Isa 53:7 John 10:30-31 John 19:7 1 Pet 2:23 John 10:36 Luke 22:67-71 Isa 9:6-7 John 1:34

Mark 14:62⁶²“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 7:13-14 Ps 110:1 Heb 1:3 Mark 13:26 Matt 24:30 Luke 22:69 Matt 26:64 Heb 12:2 Rev 1:7 Acts 1:9-11

Mark 14:63⁶³Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:65 Acts 14:13-14 Isa 36:22-37:1 Jer 36:23-24 Lev 21:10 Num 14:6

Mark 14:64⁶⁴You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They all condemned him as deserving death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 24:16 John 10:31-33 John 19:7 1 Kgs 21:9-13 John 5:18 John 8:58-59 Luke 22:71 Matt 26:65-66

Mark 14:65⁶⁵Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:67-68 Acts 23:2 Isa 50:6 John 19:3 Luke 22:63-64 Esth 7:8 Isa 52:14 Isa 53:3 Job 30:10 John 18:22

Mark 14:66⁶⁶Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:54 Matt 26:69-75 John 18:15-18 John 18:25-27 Matt 26:58 Luke 22:55-62

Mark 14:67⁶⁷When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:54 Acts 10:38 John 1:45-49 John 19:19 Mark 1:24 Mark 10:47 Matt 2:23 Matt 21:11

Mark 14:68⁶⁸But he denied it: “I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:29-31 2 Tim 2:12-13 John 13:36-38 Mark 14:72 Matt 26:71-72

Mark 14:69⁶⁹When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 6:1 John 18:17 John 18:25 Luke 22:58 Mark 14:38

Mark 14:70⁷⁰But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, “You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:7 Luke 22:59-60 Mark 14:68 Matt 26:73-74 John 18:26-27 Judg 12:6

Mark 14:71⁷¹Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:12 2 Kgs 10:32 2 Kgs 8:12-15 Jer 17:9

Mark 14:72⁷²Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:30 Mark 14:68 Ezek 7:16 2 Cor 7:10 2 Sam 24:10 Ezek 16:63 Ezek 36:31 Jer 31:18-20 Luke 15:17-19 Luke 22:60

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