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Mark 14:1-26

Broken and Poured Out

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Broken and Poured Out

Mark 14:1-26

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This song belongs to the Mark collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book
Mark
Collection
Mark
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World Music
[Verse 1 - in Bethany] In the house of Simon the leper, A woman came with an alabaster box. She brake the box of precious spikenard And poured it on his head. [Bridge - the murmuring] Why was this waste of the ointment made? It might have been sold and given to the poor. Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on me. [Refrain - for a memorial] She hath done what she could. She is come aforehand to anoint my body for burying. Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached, This also shall be spoken for a memorial of her. [Verse 2 - the shadow at the table] One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. They became sorrowful and asked, Is it I? The Son of man goeth as it is written, But woe to that man by whom he is betrayed. [Outro - bread and cup] Jesus took bread, blessed it, and brake it: Take, eat; this is my body. He took the cup and gave thanks: This is my blood of the new testament, shed for many. [Outro] Broken and poured out. Until I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

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About the passage

Mark 14: The promised road reaches the night of betrayal

Mark 14 places costly devotion, betrayal, covenant language, confident promises, exhausted failure, and open confession inside one tightening night. An unnamed woman pours out what others call waste while Judas arranges payment for handing Jesus over. At the Passover table, Jesus names the betrayal and gives the coming death its meaning through bread and cup before anyone else can define it for him. He predicts that all will scatter and that Peter will deny him, yet he also promises a meeting in Galilee after he is risen. Gethsemane exposes the distance between promised loyalty and actual strength. Arrest follows a kiss, the disciples flee, witnesses fail to agree, and Jesus answers the direct question about his identity. Outside, Peter does exactly what he had insisted he would never do.

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