Leviticus 1:6
1:6 Next, the one presenting the offering
must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,
Psalms 22:1-21
Psalm 22
For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” a psalm of David.
22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
22:2 My God, I cry out during the day,
but you do not answer,
and during the night my prayers do not let up.
22:3 You are holy;
you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.
22:4 In you our ancestors trusted;
they trusted in you and you rescued them.
22:5 To you they cried out, and they were saved;
in you they trusted and they were not disappointed.
22:6 But I am a worm, not a man;
people insult me and despise me.
22:7 All who see me taunt me;
they mock me and shake their heads.
22:8 They say,
“Commit yourself to the Lord!
Let the Lord rescue him!
Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him.”
22:9 Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb
and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.
22:10 I have been dependent on you since birth;
from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God.
22:11 Do not remain far away from me,
for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.
22:12 Many bulls surround me;
powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.
22:13 They open their mouths to devour me
like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
22:14 My strength drains away like water;
all my bones are dislocated;
my heart is like wax;
it melts away inside me.
22:15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery;
my tongue sticks to my gums.
You set me in the dust of death.
22:16 Yes, wild dogs surround me –
a gang of evil men crowd around me;
like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
22:17 I can count all my bones;
my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.
22:18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves;
they are rolling dice for my garments.
22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!
You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!
22:20 Deliver me from the sword!
Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs!
22:21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lion,
and from the horns of the wild oxen!
You have answered me!
Mark 14:1--15:47
The Plot Against Jesus
14:1 Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
Jesus’ Anointing
14:3 Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
14:4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive ointment?
14:5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
14:8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
14:9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
The Plan to Betray Jesus
14:10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.
14:11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.
The Passover
14:12 Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
14:14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
14:15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
14:16 So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
14:17 Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.
14:18 While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me.”
14:19 They were distressed, and one by one said to him, “Surely not I?”
14:20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.
14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
The Lord’s Supper
14:22 While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”
14:23 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
14:24 He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.
14:25 I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
14:26 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial
14:27 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’
14:28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
14:29 Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!”
14:30 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
14:31 But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.
Gethsemane
14:32 Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
14:33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.
14:34 He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”
14:35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.
14:36 He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
14:37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?
14:38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
14:39 He went away again and prayed the same thing.
14:40 When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.
14:41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”
Betrayal and Arrest
14:43 Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.
14:44 (Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)
14:45 When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.
14:46 Then they took hold of him and arrested him.
14:47 One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.
14:48 Jesus said to them, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?
14:49 Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”
14:50 Then all the disciples left him and fled.
14:51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,
14:52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
Condemned by the Sanhedrin
14:53 Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.
14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.
14:55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.
14:56 Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.
14:57 Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:
14:58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”
14:59 Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.
14:60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
14:61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
14:62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?
14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They all condemned him as deserving death.
14:65 Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.
Peter’s Denials
14:66 Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.
14:67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”
14:68 But he denied it: “I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.
14:69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”
14:70 But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, “You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.”
14:71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”
14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
Jesus Brought Before Pilate
15:1 Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
15:2 So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”
15:3 Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.
15:4 So Pilate asked him again, “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”
15:5 But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.
Jesus and Barabbas
15:6 During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.
15:7 A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.
15:8 Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.
15:9 So Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”
15:10 (For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.
15:12 So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”
15:13 They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
15:14 Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”
15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
Jesus is Mocked
15:16 So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.
15:17 They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
15:18 They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”
15:19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.
15:20 When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
15:21 The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).
15:22 They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, “Place of the Skull”).
15:23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
15:24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.
15:25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
15:26 The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”
15:27 And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.
15:28 [[EMPTY]]
15:29 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
15:30 save yourself and come down from the cross!”
15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law – were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!
15:32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
Jesus’ Death
15:33 Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
15:34 Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
15:35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”
15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”
15:37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.
15:38 And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.
15:39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”
15:40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
15:41 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.
Jesus’ Burial
15:42 Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
15:44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.
15:45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
15:46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.
15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
John 18:1--19:42
Betrayal and Arrest
18:1 When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.
18:2 (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)
18:3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
18:5 They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)
18:6 So when Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.
18:7 Then Jesus asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
18:8 Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”
18:9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”
18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.)
18:11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
Jesus Before Annas
18:12 Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.
18:13 They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
18:14 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)
Peter’s First Denial
18:15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. (Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.)
18:16 But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
18:17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied, “I am not.”
18:18 (Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)
Jesus Questioned by Annas
18:19 While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
18:20 Jesus replied, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
18:21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”
18:22 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, “Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
18:23 Jesus replied, “If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”
18:24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Peter’s Second and Third Denials
18:25 Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it: “I am not!”
18:26 One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”
18:27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Jesus Brought Before Pilate
18:28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
18:29 So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
18:30 They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”
18:31 Pilate told them, “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We cannot legally put anyone to death.”
18:32 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)
Pilate Questions Jesus
18:33 So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
18:34 Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”
18:35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
18:36 Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
18:37 Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
18:38 Pilate asked, “What is truth?”
When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.
18:39 But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”
18:40 Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
Pilate Tries to Release Jesus
19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
19:2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.
19:3 They came up to him again and again and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.
19:4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.”
19:5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look, here is the man!”
19:6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”
19:7 The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”
19:8 When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever,
19:9 and he went back into the governor’s residence and said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
19:10 So Pilate said, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?”
19:11 Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
19:12 From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!”
19:13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement” (Gabbatha in Aramaic).
19:14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, here is your king!”
19:15 Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”
19:16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
The Crucifixion
So they took Jesus,
19:17 and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull” (called in Aramaic Golgotha).
19:18 There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19:19 Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”
19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
19:21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”
19:22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
19:23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
19:24 So the soldiers said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.
19:25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, look, here is your son!”
19:27 He then said to his disciple, “Look, here is your mother!” From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.
Jesus’ Death
19:28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty!”
19:29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.
19:30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
19:31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.
19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.
19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.
19:35 And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
19:36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.”
19:37 And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
Jesus’ Burial
19:38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.
19:39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.
19:40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.
19:41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.
19:42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.