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Mark 14:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Mark 14:21
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And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
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.
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.
And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
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Mark 14:1
"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."
Mark 14:2
"But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people."
Mark 14:3
"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."
Mark 14:4
"And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?"
Mark 14:5
"For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her."
Mark 14:6
"And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me."
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