Mark · Chapter 14

[ edit] Forſoþe paſk and þe feeſte of þerf looues wiþouȝten ſourdowȝ was aftir þe ſecunde day. And þe hiȝeſte preſtis and ſcribis ſouȝten, hou þei ſchulden holde him wiþ gile, and ſle. Soþli þei ſeiden, Not in þe feeſte day, leſt perauenture noyſe were maad in þe peple. And whanne he was at Betanye, in þe hous of Symount leprous, and reſtid, a womman comynge, hauynge a box of precious oynement ſpikanard; and þe box brokun, helde out on his heed. Forſoþ þer weren ſumme beringe vnworþily, or heuyli, wiþ ynne hem ſilf, and ſeyinge, Wherto is þis loſſ of oynement maad? For þis oynement myȝte haue be ſold more þan for þre hundrid pens, and be ȝouun to pore men. And þei groyneden in to hir.

Soþli Jheſus ſeide, Suffre hir; what be ȝe heuy to hir? ſhe haþ wrouȝt good work in me. For euer more ȝe ſchulen haue pore men wiþ ȝou, and whanne ȝe ſchulen wolle, ȝe mown do wel to hem; forſoþ ȝe ſchulen not euermore haue me. She dide þat þat ſhe hadde; ſche bifore cam for to anoynte my body into buriynge. Treuli I ſeie to ȝou, where euere þis goſpel ſchal be prechid in al þe world, and þat þis womman haþ done, ſchal be told in to mynde of hir. And Judas Scarioþ, oon of þe twelue, wente to þe hiȝeſte preſtis, þat he ſchulde bitray him to hem. Þe whiche heerynge ioyeden, and bihiȝten hem to ȝyue him money. And he ſouȝte how he ſchulde bitraye him couenably.

And þe firſte day of þerue loues, whenne paſk was offrid, diſciplis ſeyn to him, Whidir wolt þou we go, and make redy to þee, þat þou ete paſk? And he ſendiþ tweyne of his diſciplis, and ſeiþ to hem, Go ȝe in to þe citee, and a man beringe a galoun of watir ſchal renne to ȝou, or come aȝens ȝou; ſuwe ȝe him. And whidir euere he ſchal entre, ſeye ȝe to þe lord of þe hous, For þe maiſter ſeiþ, Wher is my fulfilling, or etyng place, where I ſchal ete paſk wiþ my diſciplis? And he ſchal ſhewe to ȝou a greet ſouping place ſtrewid, and þere make ȝe redy to vs. And his diſciplis wenten forþ, and camen in to þe citee, and founde as he hadde ſeid to hem; and þei maden redy paſk.

Soþli euen maad, he cam wiþ twelue. And hem ſittinge at þe mete, and etinge, Jheſus ſeiþ, Treuli I ſeie to ȝou, for oon of ȝou þat etiþ wiþ me, ſchal bitraye me. And þei bigunnen for to be ſori, and to ſeie, ech by hym ſilf, Wheþer I? Þe which ſeiþ to hem, Oon of twelue þat puttiþ yn þe hond wiþ me in þe plater. And ſoþli mannis ſone goþ, as it is writun of him; forſoþ wo to þat man, bi whom mannis ſone ſchal be bitrayd. It were good to him, if þat ilke man hadde not be borun. And hem etinge, Jheſus took bred, and bleſſinge brak, and ȝaf to hem, and ſeiþ, Take ȝe; þis is my body. And þe cuppe takun, he doynge gracis ȝaf to hem, and alle drunkun þerof.

And he ſeiþ to hem, Þis is my blood of þe newe teſtament, þe which ſchal be ſhedd out for manye. Treuly I ſeie to ȝou, for now I ſchal not drynke of þis fruit of vyne, til in to þat daye whanne I ſchal drynke it newe in þe rewme of God. And þe ympne, or heriynge, ſeid, þei wenten out in to þe hil of Olyues. And Jheſus ſeiþ to hem, Alle ȝe ſchulen be ſclaundrid in me in þis niȝt; for it is writun, I ſchal ſmyte þe ſchepherde, and þe ſcheep of þe floc ſchulen be diſparplid. But aftir þat I ſchal ryſe aȝen, I ſchal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee. Forſoþ Petre ſeiþ to him, And if alle ſchulen be ſclaundrid, but not I.

And Jheſus ſeiþ to him, Treuly I ſeie to þee, for þou to day bifore þe cok in þis nyȝt twyes ȝyue vois, þries þou ert to denye me. And he ſpak more, And if it bihoue me to dye to gidere wiþ þee, I ſchal not denye þee. Soþli and lyk manere alle ſeiden. And þei camen in to a place, to whom þe name Geþſamany. And he ſeiþ to his diſciplis, Sitte ȝe here, þe while I preie. And he takiþ Petre and James and John wiþ him, and bigan for to drede, and to heuye. And he ſeiþ to hem, My ſoule is ſorwful til to þe deeþ; ſuſteyne ȝe, or abide ȝe, here, and preie ȝe wiþ me. And whanne he hadde gon forþ a litel, he felde down on þe erþe, and preiede, þat, if it myȝte be, þe our ſchulde paſſe fro him.

And he ſeide, Fadir, alle þingis ben poſſible to þee, turne fro me þis cuppe; but not þat I wole, but þat þat þou. And he cam, and fond hem ſlepynge. And he ſeiþ to Petre, Symount, ſlepiſt þou? myȝtiſt þou not wake wiþ me oon our? Wake ȝe, and preie ȝe, þat ȝe entre not in to temptacioun; forſoþe þe ſpirit is redy, but þe fleiſch ſyk. And eftſoone he goynge preiede, þe ſame word ſeyinge. And he turnyd aȝen eftſoone, fond hem ſlepinge; ſoþli her yȝen were greuyd. And þei knewen not, what þei ſchulden anſwere to him. And he cam þe þridde tyme, and ſeiþ to hem, Slepe ȝe nowe, and reſte ȝe; ſoþli it ſufficiþ. Þe our comeþ; loo! mannis ſone ſchal be bitrayed in to hondis of ſynful men.

Ryſe ȝe, go we; loo! he þat ſchal bytraye me is nyȝ. And, ȝit him ſpekinge, Judas Scarioþ, oon of þe twelue, cam, and wiþ him moche cumpeny wiþ ſwerdis and ſtaues, ſent fro þe hiȝeſte preſtis, and ſcribis, and fro þe eldere men. Forſoþe þe traitour hadde ȝouun to hem a tokene, ſeyinge, Whom euere I ſchal kiſſe, he it is; holde ȝe him, and lede ȝe warly, or queyntely. And whanne he cam, anon he cominge to him, ſeiþ, Maiſtir; and he kiſſide him. And þei layden hondis in to him, and heelden him. Soþli oon of men ſtondinge aboute, ledinge out a ſwerd, ſmot þe ſeruaunt of þe hiȝeſte preſt, and kitte of to him an eere.

And Jheſus anſweringe ſeiþ to hem, As to a þef ȝe han gon out wiþ ſwerdis and ſtaues, for to take me? Forſoþ day by day I was at ȝou, techinge in þe temple, and ȝe heelden not me; but þat þe ſcripturis be fulfillid. Þanne him forſakun, alle his diſciplis fledden. Soþli ſum ȝong man, cloþid wiþ lynnen cloþ on þe bare, ſuede him; and þei heelden him. And þe lynnen cloþ forſakun, he nakid fleiȝ awey fro hem. And þei ledden Jheſu to þe hiȝeſte preſt. And all camen to gidere in to oon, þe preſtis and þe ſcribis and eldere men. Forſoþ Petre ſuede him afer til wiþ ynne in to þe halle of þe hiȝeſte preſt. And he ſat wiþ þe mynyſtris, and warmyde him at þe fier.

Forſoþe þe hiȝeſte preſtis, and al þe counceil, ſouȝten witneſſinge aȝens Jheſu, þat þei ſchulen ȝyue him to deeþ; neþer þei founden. Soþli manye ſeiden fals witneſſinge aȝens him, and þe witneſſingis weren not couenable. And ſumme riſynge ſouȝten fals witneſſing aȝens hym, ſeyinge, For we han herd him ſeiynge, I ſchal vndo þis temple maad wiþ hondis, and aftir þe þridde day I ſchal bilde a noþer not maad wiþ hondis. And þe witneſſing of hem was not couenable. Forſoþe þe hiȝeſte preſt ryſinge vp in to þe myddel, axide him, ſeyinge, Anſweriſt þou not ony þing to þo þingis þat ben put to þee of þeſe? Soþli he was ſtille, and no þing anſweride.

Eftſoone þe hiȝeſt preſt axide him, and ſeide to him, Ert þou Criſt, þe ſone of bleſſid God? Soþli Jheſus ſeide to him, I am; and ȝe ſchulen ſe mannis ſone ſittinge on þe riȝt half of þe vertu of God, and comynge in cloudis of heuene. Forſoþ þe hiȝeſt preſt, kittinge his cloþis, ſeiþ, What ȝit deſyren we witneſſis? Ȝe han herde blaſphemye. What ſemeþ to ȝou? Þe whiche alle condempneden him for to be gilty of deeþ. And ſumme bigunnen for to biſpitte him, and to hide his yȝen, and ſmyte him wiþ boffatis, and ſeie to him, Prophecie þou. And þe mynyſtris beeten him wiþ ſtrokis, or boffatis. And whanne Petre was in þe halle byneþen, oon of þe hand maydens of þe hiȝeſt preſt cam.

And whanne ſche hadde ſeyn Petre warmynge him, ſche biholdinge him ſeiþ, And þou waſt wiþ Jheſu of Nazareþ. And he denyede, ſeyinge, Neþir I woot, neþer I haue knowun, what þou ſeiſt. And he wente forþ bifore þe halle; and anon þe cok ſong. Eftſone forſoþe whanne a noþer hand mayde hadde ſeyn him, ſhe bigan for to ſeie to men ſtondinge aboute, For þis is of hem. And he eftſone denyede. And aftir a litil, eftſoone þei þat ſtooden nyȝ, ſeiden to Petre, Verily þou ert of hem, forwhi and þou ert of Galilee. Soþli he bigan for to curſe and ſwere, For I knowe not þis man, whom ȝe ſeyn. And anon eftſoones þe cok ſong.

And Petre biþouȝte on þe werd þat Jheſus hadde ſeid to him, Bifore þe cok ſynge twyes, þries þou ſchalt denye me. And he bigan for to wepe.