Mark 14:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For the Son of Man is going as it stands written concerning Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good (profitable and wholesome) for that man if he had never been born. [Ps. 41:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For the Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.

Common English Bible

²¹ The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.

Mark 14:21 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Psalm 55:15

Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol, for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.

Isaiah 52:14

Just as there were many who were astonished at him —so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals—

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city: to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

Daniel 9:26

After the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing, and the troops of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 26:54

But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

Mark 14:20

He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl with me.

Mark 14:22

While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.”

Mark 14:49

Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.”

Luke 22:22

For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!”

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 19:28

After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.”

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Acts 2:23

this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.

Acts 4:27

“For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,