Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there.”

Then<n id="1" /> he took a cup,<n id="2" /> and after giving thanks he said, &#8220;Take this and divide it among yourselves.

<p class="bodytext">But they all shouted out together,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Take this man<n id="2" /> away! Release Barabbas for us!&#8221;

For if such things are done<n id="1" /> when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

There was also an inscription<n id="1" /> over him, &#8220;This is the king of the Jews.&#8221;p>

He went to Pilate and asked for the body<n id="1" /> of Jesus.

But these words seemed like pure nonsense<n id="1" /> to them, and they did not believe them.

They<n id="1" /> were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

Wasn&#8217;t<n id="1" /> it necessary<n id="2" /> for the Christ<n id="3" /> to suffer these things and enter into his glory?&#8221;

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.<n id="1" />

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me.<n id="1" /> I say to this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes,<n id="2" /> and to another, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes, and to my slave, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;<n id="3" />

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed<n id="1" /> at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, &#8220;I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!&#8221;<n id="2" />

But they did not understand this statement; its meaning<n id="1" /> had been concealed<n id="2" /> from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet<n id="3" /> they were afraid to ask him about this statement.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But woe to you Pharisees!<n id="1" /> You give a tenth<n id="2" /> of your mint,<n id="3" /> rue,<n id="4" /> and every herb, yet you neglect justice<n id="5" /> and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.<n id="6" />

Then<n id="1" /> shouldn&#8217;t<n id="2" /> this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan<n id="3" /> bound for eighteen long<n id="4" /> years, be released from this imprisonment<n id="5" /> on the Sabbath day?&#8221;

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:<n id="1" /> &#8216;God, I thank<n id="2" /> you that I am not like other people:<n id="3" /> extortionists,<n id="4" /> unrighteous people,<n id="5" /> adulterers &#8211; or even like this tax collector.<n id="6" />

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified<n id="1" /> rather than the Pharisee.<n id="2" /> For everyone who exalts<n id="3" /> himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.&#8221;p>

and said to him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell us: By what authority<n id="2" /> are you doing these things?<n id="3" /> Or who it is who gave you this authority?&#8221;

But Jesus<n id="1" /> looked straight at them and said, &#8220;Then what is the meaning of that which is written: &#8216;<b><i>The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstonei>b>&#8217;?<n id="2" />

Then<n id="1" /> he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, &#8220;This is my body<n id="2" /> which is given for you.<n id="3" /> Do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;