Peter said to him,

“Even if everyone else deserts you, I never will.”

Jesus replied,

“I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night,

before the rooster crows twice,

you will deny three times that you even know me.”

“No!” Peter declared emphatically.

“Even if I have to die with you,

I will never deny you!”…

…

But Peter denied it. 

“I don’t know what you’re talking about”…

…Peter denied it again.

Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying—

I don’t know this man you’re talking about!”

And immediately the rooster crowed the second time.

Mark 14:29-31; 68, 70, 71-72

…Then the high priest asked him,

“Are you the Messiah,

the Son of the Blessed One?”

Jesus said, 

“I AM.

And you will see the Son of Man 

seated in the place of power at God’s right hand

and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62

He went on a little farther and fell to the ground.

He prayed that, if it were possible,

the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by.

“Abba, Father,” he cried out,

“everything is possible for you.

Please take this cup of suffering away from me.

Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Mark 14:35-36

Heaven and earth will disappear,

but my words will never disappear.

However, no one knows the day or hour

when these things will happen,

not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself.

Only the Father knows.

And since you don’t know when that time will come,

be on guard! Stay alert!

Mark 13:31-33

…Look, your king is coming to you.

He is righteous and victorious,

yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—

riding on a donkey’s colt.

—

“…you will see a young donkey tied there

that no one has ever ridden.

Untie it and bring it here.”

Then they brought the colt to Jesus

and threw their garments over it,

and he sat on it.

Jesus was in the center of the procession,

and the people all around him were shouting,

“Praise God!

Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!

Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our ancestor David!

Praise God in highest heaven!”

Zechariah 9:9, Mark 11:2, 7, 9-10

“What do you want me to do for you?”

 Jesus asked.

“My rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!”

And Jesus said to him,

“Go, for your faith has healed you.”

Instantly the man could see,

and he followed Jesus down the road.

Mark 11:51-52

…Jesus once more began to describe everything

that was about to happen to him.

“Listen,” he said, we’re going up to Jerusalem,

where the son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests

and the teachers of religious law.

they will sentence him to die and hand him over to the Romans.

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip,

and kill him,

but after three days he will rise again.”

Mark 10:32-34

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus

so he could touch and bless them.

But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

When Jesus saw what was happening,

he was angry with his disciples.

He said to them,

“Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them!

For the Kingdom of God belongs to those

who are like these children.

I tell you the truth,

anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child

will never enter it.”

Mark 10:13-15

…He said to them,

“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed

into the hands of his enemies.

He will be killed,

but three days later he will rise from the dead.”

They didn’t understand what he was saying, however,

and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Mark 9:31-32

“…Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.”

“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked.

“Anything is possible if a person believes.”

The father instantly cried out,

“I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

Mark 9:22-24