Sunday, February 8, 2026

Mark 14:27-31 Part 1 of 2

    "You will all fall away," Jesus told them, "for it is written: 
    " 'I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.'  (Zechariah 13:7)
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
    Peter declared, "Even if all fall away, I will not."
    "Truly I tell you, "Jesus answered, "today--yes, tonight--before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times."
    But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the others said the same. 
 
"You will all fall away," Jesus told them, "for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' "
Matthew 26:31  
    Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: 
    " 'I will strike the shepherd
    and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' "
Isaiah 40:10-11  
See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power,
    and he rules with a mighty arm.
See, his reward is with him, 
    and his recompense accompanies him.
He tends his flock like a shepherd:
    He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
    he gently leads those that have young.  (see all Isaiah 40)
Isaiah 53:6  
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.  (see all Isaiah 53) 
 
"But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."  
Mark 16:6-7
    "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "  (see Mark 16:1-8)
Matthew 28:6-7  
"He is not here; he has risen just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There  you will see him.' Now I have told you."  
(see Matthew 28:1-10)
Luke 24:6-7  
"He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' "  (see Luke 24:1-12) 
 
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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Mark 14:22-26

    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body."
    Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
    "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to them. "Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
    When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 

While they were eating, Jesus took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body."
Matthew 26:26  
    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."
Luke 22:19  
    And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
1 Corinthians 11:23-24  
    For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."
 
Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to them.  
Matthew 26:27-28  
    Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
Luke 22:20  
    In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."
1 Corinthians 11:25  
In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 
 
"Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." 
Matthew 26:29  
"I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."  (see Matthew 26:26-30)
1 Corinthians 11:26  
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.  
(see 1 Corinthians 11:23-34) 
 
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Friday, February 6, 2026

Mark 14:16-21

    The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
    When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."
    They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, "Surely you don't mean me?"
    "It is one of the Twelve," he replied, "one who dips bread into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
Matthew 26:19-20  
So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
    When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.
 
While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."  
Matthew 26:21  
And while they were eating, he said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."
Luke 22:21  
"But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table."  (see Luke 22:14, 21-23)
John 13:21  
    After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me."  
 
They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, "Surely you don't mean me?" "It is one of the Twelve," he replied, "one who dips bread into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."  
Matthew 26:23-24  
    Jesus replied, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."  
(see Matthew 26:22-25)
John 13:18  
    "I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the passage of Scripture: 'He who shared my bread has turned against me.' " (Psalm 41:9)  
(see John 13:18-22) 
 
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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Mark 14:12-15

    On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
    So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, 'The Teacher asks: Where Is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there." 

Deuteronomy 16:5-8  
    You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the LORD your God and do no work.  
(see Deuteronomy 16:1-8)
Matthew 26:17-18  
    On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
    He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."
Luke 22:8-12  
Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."
    "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked.
    He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there." 
 
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Mark 14:10-11

    Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.  

John 6:70-71  
    Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!" (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)  [See John 6:25-71]
Matthew 26:14-16  
    Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
Luke 22:1-6  
    Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
Exodus 21:32  
"If a bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death."  [see Exodus 21:28-32] 
Zechariah 11:12  
    I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.  
[see all Zechariah 11] 
 
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Mark 14:3-9 Part 3 of 3

    While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
    Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.
    "Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."    

"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me."
Matthew 26:10-11  
    Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but  you will not always have me."
John 12:7-8  
    "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but  you will not always have me." 
 
"She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."  
Matthew 26:12-13  
"When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." 
 
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Monday, February 2, 2026

Mark 14:3-9 Part 2 of 3

    While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
    Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.
    "Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."    

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.
Matthew 26:8-9  
    When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."
John 12:4-6  
    But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages." He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. 
 
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