Mark 14:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ And when they [i.e., the leading priests] realized this, they were very pleased and promised to give him money. So, Judas began looking for a convenient way to turn Jesus over to these Jewish leaders.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And when they heard it, they rejoiced and were delighted, and they promised to give him money. And he [busying himself continually] sought an opportunity to betray Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him unto them.

Common English Bible

¹¹ When they heard it, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he started looking for an opportunity to turn him in.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they, upon hearing it, were gladdened. And they promised him that they would give him money. And he sought an opportune means by which he might betray him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Who hearing it were glad; and they promised him they would give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Mark 14:11 Cross References

Matthew 26:14

Then one of the twelve apostles, named Judas Iscariot, went to the leading priests

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer’s wages, or approximately $13,500 in 2005], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.

Mark 14:10

Now Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve apostles, left and went to the leading priests in order to make arrangements for turning Jesus over to them.

Mark 14:12

Now on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread [i.e., the beginning of the Passover Festival week], when they sacrificed the Passover [lamb], Jesus’ disciples said to Him, “Where do you want us to go to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

Luke 22:3

Then Satan entered the heart of Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve apostles.

1 Timothy 6:10

For, loving money is a source of all kinds of evil, [and] some people who crave it have been led astray from the faith, and have stabbed themselves [in the heart] with many sorrows.

Jude 1:11

It is too bad for these people, for they have followed the example of Cain [the murderer]; for the sake of money they have rushed into the [same] error as Balaam committed [See Num. 25:1-5; 31:16]; they [will] perish [spiritually] for having rebelled [against God] like Korah did. [See Num. 16:1-3, 31-35].