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After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to
Jerusalem.
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When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the
place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the
disciples,
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saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as
you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has
never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
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If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say
this, 'The Lord needs it.'"
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So those who were sent departed and found it as he had
told them.
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As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them,
"Why are you untying the colt?"
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They said, "The Lord needs it."
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Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their
cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.
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As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on
the road.
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As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount
of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds
of power that they had seen,
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saying, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name
of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest
heaven!"
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Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,
"Teacher, order your disciples to stop."
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He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the
stones would shout out."
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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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31:9
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my
eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also.
31:10
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with
sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and
my bones waste away.
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I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my
neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street flee from me.
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I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have
become like a broken vessel.
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For I hear the whispering of many-- terror all
around!-- as they scheme together against me, as they
plot to take my life.
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But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my
God."
31:15
My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of
my enemies and persecutors.
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Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your
steadfast love.
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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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23:1
Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus
before Pilate.
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They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this
man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes
to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the
Messiah, a king."
23:3
Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the
Jews?" He answered, "You say so."
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Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,
"I find no basis for an accusation against this
man."
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But they were insistent and said, "He stirs up
the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from
Galilee where he began even to this place."
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When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a
Galilean.
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And when he learned that he was under Herod's
jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was
himself in Jerusalem at that time.
23:8
When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had
been wanting to see him for a long time, because he
had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform
some sign.
23:9
He questioned him at some length, but Jesus gave him
no answer.
23:10
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently
accusing him.
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Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt
and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him,
and sent him back to Pilate.
23:12
That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with
each other; before this they had been enemies.
23:13
Pilate then called together the chief priests, the
leaders, and the people,
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and said to them, "You brought me this man as one
who was perverting the people; and here I have
examined him in your presence and have not found this
man guilty of any of your charges against him.
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Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed,
he has done nothing to deserve death.
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I will therefore have him flogged and release
him."
23:18
Then they all shouted out together, "Away with
this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!"
23:19
(This was a man who had been put in prison for an
insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for
murder.)
23:20
Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them
again;
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but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify
him!"
23:22
A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has
he done? I have found in him no ground for the
sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged
and then release him."
23:23
But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that
he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed.
23:24
So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be
granted.
23:25
He released the man they asked for, the one who had
been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he
handed Jesus over as they wished.
23:26
As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of
Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid
the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
23:27
A great number of the people followed him, and among
them were women who were beating their breasts and
wailing for him.
23:28
But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of
Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves
and for your children.
23:29
For the days are surely coming when they will say,
'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never
bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
23:30
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on
us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
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For if they do this when the wood is green, what will
happen when it is dry?"
23:32
Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to
be put to death with him.
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When they came to the place that is called The Skull,
they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on
his right and one on his left.
23:34
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they
do not know what they are doing." And they cast
lots to divide his clothing.
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And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders
scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him
save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen
one!"
23:36
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering
him sour wine,
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and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews,
save yourself!"
23:38
There was also an inscription over him, "This is
the King of the Jews."
23:39
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept
deriding him and saying, "Are you not the
Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
23:40
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not
fear God, since you are under the same sentence of
condemnation?
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And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are
getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man
has done nothing wrong."
23:42
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come
into your kingdom."
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He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be
with me in Paradise."
23:44
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the
whole land until three in the afternoon,
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while the sun's light failed; and the curtain of the
temple was torn in two.
23:46
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
"Father, into your hands I commend my
spirit." Having said this, he breathed his last.
23:47
When the centurion saw what had taken place, he
praised God and said, "Certainly this man was
innocent."
23:48
And when all the crowds who had gathered there for
this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned
home, beating their breasts.
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But all his acquaintances, including the women who had
followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance,
watching these things.
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