For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?