Mark 14:1

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

WEB World English Bible

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

ASV American Standard Version

Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

Surrounding context — 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.

2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.

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.

4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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Luke 22:1-2Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.Exodus 12:6-20And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.Deuteronomy 16:1-8Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.Acts 4:25-28Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?Leviticus 23:5-7In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD’S passover.Numbers 28:16-25And in the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD.John 11:53-57Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.Matthew 12:14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.John 11:47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.Psalm 62:4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.Matthew 26:2-5Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.Psalm 64:2-6Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Psalm 2:1-5Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?Psalm 62:9Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.Psalm 52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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