Daily Meditation
6 And Jesus said,
Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Today’s Reading
The Gospel According
To
Mark
Chapter Fourteen
Ye have the poor
with you always
1 After two days was
the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and
the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 And being in
Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman
having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake
the box, and poured it on his head. 4 And there were some that had indignation
within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For it
might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to
the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with
you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not
always. 8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body
to the burying. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be
preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be
spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas
Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto
them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him
money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
12 And the first day
of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto
him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into
the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow
him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The
Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my
disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared:
there make ready for us. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the
city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And in the
evening he cometh with the twelve. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said,
Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19 And
they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and
another said, Is it I? 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the
twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it
is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good
were it for that man if he had never been born.
22 And as they did
eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said,
Take, eat: this is my body. 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them,
This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily I say
unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I
drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 And when they had
sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus saith unto
them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I
will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I
am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him,
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I
should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they
all.
32 And they came to
a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,
while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and
began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 and saith unto them, My soul
is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went
forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible,
the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are
possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will,
but what thou wilt.
37 And he cometh,
and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest
not thou watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went
away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40 And when he returned, he found
them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to
answer him. 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,
and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that
betrayeth me is at hand.
43 And immediately,
while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and
the elders. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master,
master; and kissed him.
46 And they laid
their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a
sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with
swords and with staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple
teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they
all forsook him, and fled. 51 And there followed him a certain young man,
having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on
him: 52 and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
53 And they led
Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief
priests and the elders and the scribes. 54 And Peter followed him afar off,
even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and
warmed himself at the fire.
55 And the chief
priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to
death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their
witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness
against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is
made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
60 And the high
priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing?
what is it which these witness against thee? 61 But he held his peace, and
answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou
the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see
the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of
heaven. 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any
further witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all
condemned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to
cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the
servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
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