Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”

They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”