“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…

“And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.” Context:Mark 14:12-16 sets the context for verse 17. Jesus sends two of His disciples ahead, instructing them to prepare a large…

“But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.” This verse is part of the narrative leading up to the betrayal and arrest…

“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;…

“For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.” Context: In this passage, we find…

“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…

“And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.” Context:To better understand the significance of this verse, it’s important to consider…

“For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.” Context:In Mark 14, Jesus is in Bethany,…

“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.”…

“And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.” Context:This verse is part of the narrative leading up to Jesus’ arrest and…