Bible Reading for March 24 and 25
World English Bible
Mar.
24
Leviticus
3, 4
Lev
3:1 " 'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he
offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it
without blemish before Yahweh.
Lev
3:2 He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it
at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons, the priests
shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
Lev
3:3 He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the
fat that is on the innards,
Lev
3:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by
the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall
take away.
Lev
3:5 Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering,
which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by
fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
Lev
3:6 " 'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to
Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish.
Lev
3:7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it
before Yahweh;
Lev
3:8 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill
it before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its
blood around on the altar.
Lev
3:9 He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take
away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and
all the fat that is on the inwards,
Lev
3:10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by
the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall
take away.
Lev
3:11 The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Lev
3:12 " 'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it
before Yahweh:
Lev
3:13 and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the
Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood
around on the altar.
Lev
3:14 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by
fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that
is on the innards,
Lev
3:15 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by
the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall
take away.
Lev
3:16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh's.
Lev
3:17 " 'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your
generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor
blood.' "
Lev
4:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
4:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins
unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not
to be done, and does any one of them:
Lev
4:3 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people,
then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull
without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
Lev
4:4 He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting
before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and
kill the bull before Yahweh.
Lev
4:5 The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull,
and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
Lev
4:6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some
of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the
sanctuary.
Lev
4:7 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and
he shall pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at the base of
the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of
Meeting.
Lev
4:8 He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of
it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the
innards,
Lev
4:9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by
the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall
take away,
Lev
4:10 as it is taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of peace
offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
Lev
4:11 The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its
legs, its innards, and its dung,
Lev
4:12 even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a
clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with
fire. Where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Lev
4:13 " 'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing
is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of
the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
Lev
4:14 when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the
assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it
before the Tent of Meeting.
Lev
4:15 The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the
head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before
Yahweh.
Lev
4:16 The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the
Tent of Meeting:
Lev
4:17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
Lev
4:18 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which
is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the
blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering,
which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Lev
4:19 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
Lev
4:20 Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the
sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make
atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
Lev
4:21 He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as
he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
Lev
4:22 " 'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all
the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is
guilty;
Lev
4:23 if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he
shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
Lev
4:24 He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in
the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a
sin offering.
Lev
4:25 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering
with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt
offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the
altar of burnt offering.
Lev
4:26 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the
sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for
him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
Lev
4:27 " 'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in
doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
and is guilty;
Lev
4:28 if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he
shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for
his sin which he has sinned.
Lev
4:29 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill
the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
Lev
4:30 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and
put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of
its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
Lev
4:31 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from
off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it
on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall
make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
Lev
4:32 " 'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering,
he shall bring a female without blemish.
Lev
4:33 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill
it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt
offering.
Lev
4:34 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering
with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt
offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar.
Lev
4:35 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is
taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest
shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by
fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin
that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
Mar.
25
Leviticus
5, 6
Lev
5:1 " 'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of
adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he
doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Lev
5:2 " 'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is
the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean
livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is
hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.
Lev
5:3 " 'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his
uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him;
when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.
Lev
5:4 " 'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or
to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an
oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall
be guilty of one of these.
Lev
5:5 It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess
that in which he has sinned:
Lev
5:6 and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin
which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a
sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin.
Lev
5:7 " 'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his
trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves,
or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering.
Lev
5:8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one
which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck,
but shall not sever it completely.
Lev
5:9 He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the
side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at
the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
Lev
5:10 He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to
the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
Lev
5:11 " 'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has
sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering.
He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on
it, for it is a sin offering.
Lev
5:12 He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.
Lev
5:13 The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that
he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and
the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.' "
Lev
5:14 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
5:15 "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in
the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering
to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your
estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
for a trespass offering.
Lev
5:16 He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong in
the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it, and give it to the
priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of
the trespass offering, and he will be forgiven.
Lev
5:17 "If anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh
has commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it, yet he is
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Lev
5:18 He shall bring a ram without blemish from of the flock,
according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest;
and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing in
which he sinned and didn't know it, and he will be forgiven.
Lev
5:19 It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before
Yahweh."
Lev
6:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
6:2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and
deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of
bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
Lev
6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and
swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does,
sinning therein;
Lev
6:4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall
restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has
gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or
the lost thing which he found,
Lev
6:5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore
it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to
whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found
guilty.
Lev
6:6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without
blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass
offering, to the priest.
Lev
6:7 The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he
will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty."
Lev
6:8 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
6:9 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of
the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the
altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be
kept burning on it.
Lev
6:10 The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on
his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from
where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he
shall put them beside the altar.
Lev
6:11 He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and
carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
Lev
6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not
go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he
shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it
the fat of the peace offerings.
Lev
6:13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall
not go out.
Lev
6:14 " 'This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar.
Lev
6:15 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the
meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on
the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant
aroma, as its memorial, to Yahweh.
Lev
6:16 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall
be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the
court of the Tent of Meeting
Lev
6:17 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their
portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
Lev
6:18 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as
their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.' "
Lev
6:19 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
6:20 "This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they
shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part
of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, half of it
in the morning, and half of it in the evening.
Lev
6:21 It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you
shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces
for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
Lev
6:22 The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his
sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt
to Yahweh.
Lev
6:23 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It
shall not be eaten."
Lev
6:24 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev
6:25 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law
of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed,
the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
Lev
6:26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be
eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
Lev
6:27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any
of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it
was sprinkled in a holy place.
Lev
6:28 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken;
and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and
rinsed in water.
Lev
6:29 Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
Lev
6:30 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the
Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten:
it shall be burned with fire.
Mar. 24
Mark 14
Mar
14:1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the
unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how
they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
Mar
14:2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might
be a riot of the people."
Mar
14:3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he
sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of
pure nard-very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his
head.
Mar
14:4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves,
saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
Mar
14:5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred
denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
Mar
14:6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her?
She has done a good work for me.
Mar
14:7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want
to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
Mar
14:8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body
beforehand for the burying.
Mar
14:9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be
preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done
will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
Mar
14:10 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the
chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
Mar
14:11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him
money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
Mar
14:12 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the
Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go
and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"
Mar
14:13 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into
the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water.
Follow him,
Mar
14:14 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The
Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the
Passover with my disciples?" '
Mar
14:15 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and
ready. Make ready for us there."
Mar
14:16 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found
things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
Mar
14:17 When it was evening he came with the twelve.
Mar
14:18 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly
I tell you, one of you will betray me-he who eats with me."
Mar
14:19 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely
not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"
Mar
14:20 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips
with me in the dish.
Mar
14:21 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but
woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be
better for that man if he had not been born."
Mar
14:22 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had
blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat.
This is my body."
Mar
14:23 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to
them. They all drank of it.
Mar
14:24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant,
which is poured out for many.
Mar
14:25 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of
God."
Mar
14:26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of
Olives.
Mar
14:27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble
because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
Mar
14:28 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into
Galilee."
Mar
14:29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended,
yet I will not."
Mar
14:30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you
today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny
me three times."
Mar
14:31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I
will not deny you." They all said the same thing.
Mar
14:32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to
his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
Mar
14:33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be
greatly troubled and distressed.
Mar
14:34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even
to death. Stay here, and watch."
Mar
14:35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed
that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
Mar
14:36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you.
Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what
you desire."
Mar
14:37 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon,
are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?
Mar
14:38 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mar
14:39 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
Mar
14:40 Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes
were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
Mar
14:41 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now,
and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son
of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mar
14:42 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
Mar
14:43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the
twelve, came-and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the
chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
Mar
14:44 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying,
"Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away
safely."
Mar
14:45 When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said,
"Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.
Mar
14:46 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.
Mar
14:47 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and
struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
Mar
14:48 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a
robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?
Mar
14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't
arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
Mar
14:50 They all left him, and fled.
Mar
14:51 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown
around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
Mar
14:52 but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
Mar
14:53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests,
the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
Mar
14:54 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the
court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and
warming himself in the light of the fire.
Mar
14:55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses
against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
Mar
14:56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony
didn't agree with each other.
Mar
14:57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
Mar
14:58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is
made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without
hands.' "
Mar
14:59 Even so, their testimony did not agree.
Mar
14:60 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have
you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"
Mar
14:61 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high
priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Mar
14:62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at
the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
Mar
14:63 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further
need have we of witnesses?
Mar
14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They
all condemned him to be worthy of death.
Mar
14:65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat
him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers
struck him with the palms of their hands.
Mar
14:66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the
high priest came,
Mar
14:67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said,
"You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
Mar
14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand
what you are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster
crowed.
Mar
14:69 The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by,
"This is one of them."
Mar
14:70 But he again denied it. After a little while again those who
stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are
a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
Mar
14:71 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this
man of whom you speak!"
Mar
14:72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word,
how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you
will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.
Mar.
25
Mark 15
Mar
15:1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders
and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound
Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Mar
15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He
answered, "So you say."
Mar
15:3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
Mar
15:4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many
things they testify against you!"
Mar
15:5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
Mar
15:6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom
they asked of him.
Mar
15:7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made
insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
Mar
15:8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he
always did for them.
Mar
15:9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release
to you the King of the Jews?"
Mar
15:10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered
him up.
Mar
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should
release Barabbas to them instead.
Mar
15:12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him
whom you call the King of the Jews?"
Mar
15:13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
Mar
15:14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
Mar
15:15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to
them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be
crucified.
Mar
15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the
Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Mar
15:17 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns,
they put it on him.
Mar
15:18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
Mar
15:19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing
their knees, did homage to him.
Mar
15:20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and
put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
Mar
15:21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon
of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that
he might bear his cross.
Mar
15:22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, "The place of a skull."
Mar
15:23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't
take it.
Mar
15:24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting
lots on them, what each should take.
Mar
15:25 It was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mar
15:26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him,
"THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Mar
15:27 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand,
and one on his left.
Mar
15:28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered
with transgressors."
Mar
15:29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and
saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three
days,
Mar
15:30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
Mar
15:31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with
the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.
Mar
15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the
cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were
crucified with him insulted him.
Mar
15:33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour.
Mar
15:34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being
interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Mar
15:35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold,
he is calling Elijah."
Mar
15:36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a
reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's
see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
Mar
15:37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
Mar
15:38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom.
Mar
15:39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he
cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this
man was the Son of God!"
Mar
15:40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses,
and Salome;
Mar
15:41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and
many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
Mar
15:42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day,
that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Mar
15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also
himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in
to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
Mar
15:44 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
Mar
15:45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to
Joseph.
Mar
15:46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the
linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock.
He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Mar
15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was
laid.
