52:13
See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and
lifted up, and shall be very high.
52:14
Just as there were many who were astonished at him--so
marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and
his form beyond that of mortals-
52:15
so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their
mouths because of him; for that which had not been told
them they shall see, and that which they had not heard
they shall contemplate.
53:1
Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the
arm of the LORD been revealed?
53:2
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a
root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that
we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we
should desire him.
53:3
He was despised and rejected by others; a man of
suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from
whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we
held him of no account.
53:4
Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our
diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by
God, and afflicted.
53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for
our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us
whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned
to our own way, and the LORD has laid on him the
iniquity of us all.
53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not
open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the
slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is
silent, so he did not open his mouth.
53:8
By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could
have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the
land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my
people.
53:9
They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with
the rich, although he had done no violence, and there
was no deceit in his mouth.
53:10
Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain.
When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see
his offspring, and shall prolong his days; through him
the will of the LORD shall prosper.
53:11
Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find
satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one,
my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear
their iniquities.
53:12
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and
he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he
poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the
transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.
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22:1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so
far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
22:2
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by
night, but find no rest.
22:3
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
22:4
In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you
delivered them.
22:5
To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted,
and were not put to shame.
22:6
But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and
despised by the people.
22:7
All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they
shake their heads;
22:8
"Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver--
let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"
22:9
Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me
safe on my mother's breast.
22:10
On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother
bore me you have been my God.
22:11
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is
no one to help.
22:12
Many bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround
me;
22:13
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and
roaring lion.
22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of
joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my
breast;
22:15
my mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue
sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
22:16
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers
encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
22:17
I can count all my bones. They stare and gloat over me;
22:18
they divide my clothes among themselves, and for my
clothing they cast lots.
22:19
But you, O LORD, do not be far away! O my help, come
quickly to my aid!
22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power
of the dog!
22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion! From the horns of
the wild oxen you have rescued me.
22:22
I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters; in
the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
22:23
You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of
Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you
offspring of Israel!
22:24
For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the
afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard
when I cried to him.
22:25
From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my
vows I will pay before those who fear him.
22:26
The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him
shall praise the LORD. May your hearts live forever!
22:27
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the
LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship
before him.
22:28
For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the
nations.
22:29
To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow
down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
and I shall live for him.
22:30
Posterity will serve him; future generations will be
told about the Lord,
22:31
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
saying that he has done it.
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10:16
"This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in
their hearts, and I will write them on their
minds,"
10:17
he also adds, "I will remember their sins and their
lawless deeds no more."
10:18
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer
any offering for sin.
10:19
Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter
the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
10:20
by the new and living way that he opened for us through
the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
10:21
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
10:22
let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of
faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
10:23
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without
wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
10:24
And let us consider how to provoke one another to love
and good deeds,
10:25
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of
some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as
you see the Day approaching.
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18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his
disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where
there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
18:2
Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place,
because Jesus often met there with his disciples.
18:3
So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with
police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and
they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4
Then Jesus, knowing all that was to happen to him, came
forward and asked them, "Whom are you looking
for?"
18:5
They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus
replied, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him,
was standing with them.
18:6
When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they
stepped back and fell to the ground.
18:7
Again he asked them, "Whom are you looking
for?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
18:8
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. So if you
are looking for me, let these men go."
18:9
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, "I
did not lose a single one of those whom you gave
me."
18:10
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the
high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear. The
slave's name was Malchus.
18:11
Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its
sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has
given me?"
18:12
So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police
arrested Jesus and bound him.
18:13
First they took him to Annas, who was the father-in-law
of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
18:14
Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it
was better to have one person die for the people.
18:15
Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since
that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with
Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest,
18:16
but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other
disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out,
spoke to the woman who guarded the gate, and brought
Peter in.
18:17
The woman said to Peter, "You are not also one of
this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am
not."
18:18
Now the slaves and the police had made a charcoal fire
because it was cold, and they were standing around it
and warming themselves. Peter also was standing with
them and warming himself.
18:19
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his
disciples and about his teaching.
18:20
Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world;
I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple,
where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in
secret.
18:21
Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to
them; they know what I said."
18:22
When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby
struck Jesus on the face, saying, "Is that how you
answer the high priest?"
18:23
Jesus answered, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify
to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you
strike me?"
18:24
Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
18:25
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They
asked him, "You are not also one of his disciples,
are you?" He denied it and said, "I am
not."
18:26
One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the
man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not
see you in the garden with him?"
18:27
Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock
crowed.
18:28
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate's
headquarters. It was early in the morning. They
themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to
avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the
Passover.
18:29
So Pilate went out to them and said, "What
accusation do you bring against this man?"
18:30
They answered, "If this man were not a criminal, we
would not have handed him over to you."
18:31
Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge
him according to your law." The Jews replied,
"We are not permitted to put anyone to death."
18:32
(This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he
indicated the kind of death he was to die.)
18:33
Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned
Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the
Jews?"
18:34
Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or
did others tell you about me?"
18:35
Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own
nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me.
What have you done?"
18:36
Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world.
If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would
be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the
Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
18:37
Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus
answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was
born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to
the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to
my voice."
18:38
Pilate asked him, "What is truth?" After he
had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told
them, "I find no case against him.
18:39
But you have a custom that I release someone for you at
the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King
of the Jews?"
18:40
They shouted in reply, "Not this man, but Barabbas!"
Now Barabbas was a bandit.
19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
19:2
And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on
his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe.
19:3
They kept coming up to him, saying, "Hail, King of
the Jews!" and striking him on the face.
19:4
Pilate went out again and said to them, "Look, I am
bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no
case against him."
19:5
So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the
purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Here is the
man!"
19:6
When the chief priests and the police saw him, they
shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate
said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him;
I find no case against him."
19:7
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and
according to that law he ought to die because he has
claimed to be the Son of God."
19:8
Now when Pilate heard this, he was more afraid than
ever.
19:9
He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus,
"Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no
answer.
19:10
Pilate therefore said to him, "Do you refuse to
speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to
release you, and power to crucify you?"
19:11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no power over
me unless it had been given you from above; therefore
the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater
sin."
19:12
From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews
cried out, "If you release this man, you are no
friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king
sets himself against the emperor."
19:13
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside
and sat on the judge's bench at a place called The Stone
Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha.
19:14
Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and
it was about noon. He said to the Jews, "Here is
your King!"
19:15
They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him!
Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Shall I
crucify your King?" The chief priests answered,
"We have no king but the emperor."
19:16
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they
took Jesus;
19:17
and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what
is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is
called Golgotha.
19:18
There they crucified him, and with him two others, one
on either side, with Jesus between them.
19:19
Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the
cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the
Jews."
19:20
Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the
place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and
it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
19:21
Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,
"Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This
man said, I am King of the Jews.'"
19:22
Pilate answered, "What I have written I have
written."
19:23
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his
clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each
soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was
seamless, woven in one piece from the top. 19:24
So
they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but
cast lots for it to see who will get it." This was
to fulfill what the scripture says, "They divided
my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they
cast lots."
19:25
And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing
near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
Magdalene.
19:26
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved
standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman,
here is your son."
19:27
Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your
mother." And from that hour the disciple took her
into his own home.
19:28
After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished,
he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am
thirsty."
19:29
A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put
a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held
it to his mouth.
19:30
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is
finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his
spirit.
19:31
Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not
want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath,
especially because that sabbath was a day of great
solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the
crucified men broken and the bodies removed.
19:32
Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
and of the other who had been crucified with him.
19:33
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already
dead, they did not break his legs.
19:34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a
spear, and at once blood and water came out.
19:35
(He who saw this has testified so that you also may
believe. His testimony is true, and he knows that he
tells the truth.)
19:36
These things occurred so that the scripture might be
fulfilled, "None of his bones shall be
broken."
19:37
And again another passage of scripture says, "They
will look on the one whom they have pierced."
19:38
After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a
disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his
fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the
body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came
and removed his body.
19:39
Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also
came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing
about a hundred pounds.
19:40
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the
spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom
of the Jews.
19:41
Now there was a garden in the place where he was
crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in
which no one had ever been laid.
19:42
And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation,
and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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