And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’

Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

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

Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.

Then a little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

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

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 said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

But the other rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

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