11:1
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and
Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his
disciples
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and said to them, "Go into the village ahead of
you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied
there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and
bring it.
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If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' just
say this, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here
immediately.'"
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They went away and found a colt tied near a door,
outside in the street. As they were untying it,
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some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you
doing, untying the colt?"
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They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed
them to take it.
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Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
cloaks on it; and he sat on it.
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Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others
spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.
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Then those who went ahead and those who followed were
shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in
the name of the Lord!
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Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
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Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and
when he had looked around at everything, as it was
already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
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50:4
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that
I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning
by morning he wakens-- wakens my ear to listen as those
who are taught.
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The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not
rebellious, I did not turn backward.
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I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to
those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.
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The Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been
disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and
I know that I shall not be put to shame;
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he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let
them confront me.
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It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me
guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the
moth will eat them up.
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2:5
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
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who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard
equality with God as something to be exploited,
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but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being
born in human likeness. And being found in human form,
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he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of
death-- even death on a cross.
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Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the
name that is above every name,
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so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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15:1
As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a
consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole
council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him
over to Pilate.
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Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the
Jews?" He answered him, "You say so."
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Then the chief priests accused him of many things.
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Pilate asked him again, "Have you no answer? See
how many charges they bring against you."
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But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was
amazed.
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Now at the festival he used to release a prisoner for
them, anyone for whom they asked.
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Now a man called Barabbas was in prison with the rebels
who had committed murder during the insurrection.
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So the crowd came and began to ask Pilate to do for them
according to his custom.
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Then he answered them, "Do you want me to release
for you the King of the Jews?"
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For he realized that it was out of jealousy that the
chief priests had handed him over.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him
release Barabbas for them instead.
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Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you wish
me to do with the man you call the King of the
Jews?"
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They shouted back, "Crucify him!"
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Pilate asked them, "Why, what evil has he
done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify
him!"
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So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released
Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed
him over to be crucified.
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Then the soldiers led him into the courtyard of the
palace (that is, the governor's headquarters); and they
called together the whole cohort.
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And they clothed him in a purple cloak; and after
twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on him.
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And they began saluting him, "Hail, King of the
Jews!"
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They struck his head with a reed, spat upon him, and
knelt down in homage to him.
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After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak
and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to
crucify him.
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They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the
country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the
father of Alexander and Rufus.
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Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha
(which means the place of a skull).
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And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did
not take it.
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And they crucified him, and divided his clothes among
them, casting lots to decide what each should take.
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It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified
him.
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The inscription of the charge against him read,
"The King of the Jews."
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And with him they crucified two bandits, one on his
right and one on his left.
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Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and
saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and
build it in three days,
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save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
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In the same way the chief priests, along with the
scribes, were also mocking him among themselves and
saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.
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Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down from the
cross now, so that we may see and believe." Those
who were crucified with him also taunted him.
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When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon.
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At 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?"
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When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,
"Listen, he is calling for Elijah."
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And someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it
on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying,
"Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take
him down."
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Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
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And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top
to bottom.
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Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that
in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly
this man was God's Son!"
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There were also women looking on from a distance; among
them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James
the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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These used to follow him and provided for him when he
was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had
come up with him to Jerusalem.
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When evening had come, and since it was the day of
Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council,
who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom
of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of
Jesus.
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Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and
summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had
been dead for some time.
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When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he
granted the body to Joseph.
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Then Joseph bought a linen cloth, and taking down the
body, wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a
tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled
a stone against the door of the tomb.
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Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus saw where
the body was laid.
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