Mark 14:20-38

20Jesus said to them, ‘It is one of you 12 apostles. That man is eating from the same dish as I am.

21The Son of Man must die in the way that the Bible says. But it will be very bad for the man who gives me to my enemies. It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.’

22While Jesus and his disciples were eating, he took a loaf of bread. He thanked God for it. Then he broke the bread into pieces. He gave some of it to each of his disciples. ‘Take this bread and eat it,’ he said to them. ‘This is my body.’

23Then Jesus took a cup. He thanked God for the wine in the cup. Then he gave the cup to them and they all drank from it.

24Jesus said to them, ‘This is my blood that shows God's promise. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. In that way God will save many people. That is the promise that God makes because of my death.

25I tell you this: I will not drink wine again until God rules in his kingdom. Then it will be new wine.’

26Then Jesus and his disciples sang a song to praise God. Then they went out to the Mount of Olives.

27Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘All of you will turn away from me. It will happen as the Bible says: God says, “I will kill the shepherd who leads the sheep. Then the sheep will run away in different directions.” ’

28Jesus then said, ‘But after that happens, I will become alive again. Then I will go to Galilee, and you will meet me there.’

29Peter said to Jesus, ‘Even if everyone else runs away, I will not leave you.’

30Jesus replied, ‘I tell you this: Even tonight, you will say that you do not know me. You will say that three times before the cockerel sings for the second time in the morning.’

31But Peter said very strongly, ‘I will die with you if I need to. But I will never say that I do not know you.’ All the other disciples said the same thing.

32Then they arrived at a garden called Gethsemane. Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’

33Jesus took Peter, James and John with him. He started to feel very sad and upset.

34He said to them, ‘I am very sad. I feel as if I could die because I feel so sad. Wait here and stay awake.’

35Jesus went a short way beyond them. He went down on the ground. He prayed that, if possible, God would save him from this time of trouble.

36He said, ‘Abba, my Father, you can do all things. Please take this great pain away from me. But I do not ask you to do what I want. Do what you want to do.’

37Jesus returned to his three disciples. Now they were sleeping. He said to Peter, ‘Simon, you are asleep! You could not stay awake for even one hour!

38You must keep awake and you must pray. Then you will not want to do something wrong. You really want to do the right thing, but your body is weak.’