Mark 14
43And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard."
45And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, "Rabbi!" And he kissed him.
46And they laid hands on him and seized him.
47But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
48And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
49Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled."
50And they all left him and fled.
51And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,
52but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
53And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.
54And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.
55Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.
56For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.
57And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,
58"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
59Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.
60And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"
61But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
62And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
63And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?
64You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.
65And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.
66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,
67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
68But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.
69And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."
70But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."
71But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."
72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.
Mark 15
1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.
2And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."
3And the chief priests accused him of many things.
4And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."
5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.
8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
9And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"
10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
12And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?"
13And they cried out again, "Crucify him."
14And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him."
15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.