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 <div class="q1">1Who has believed our message</div><div class="q2">and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?</div><div class="q1"> 2He grew up before him like a tender shoot,</div><div class="q2">and like a root out of dry ground.</div><div class="q1">He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,</div><div class="q2">nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.</div><div class="q1"> 3He was despised and rejected by mankind,</div><div class="q2">a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.</div><div class="q1">Like one from whom people hide their faces</div><div class="q2">he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4Surely he took up our pain</div><div class="q2">and bore our suffering,</div><div class="q1">yet we considered him punished by God,</div><div class="q2">stricken by him, and afflicted.</div><div class="q1"> 5But he was pierced for our transgressions,</div><div class="q2">he was crushed for our iniquities;</div><div class="q1">the punishment that brought us peace was on him,</div><div class="q2">and by his wounds we are healed.</div><div class="q1"> 6We all, like sheep, have gone astray,</div><div class="q2">each of us has turned to our own way;</div><div class="q1">and the Lord has laid on him</div><div class="q2">the iniquity of us all.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7He was oppressed and afflicted,</div><div class="q2">yet he did not open his mouth;</div><div class="q1">he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,</div><div class="q2">and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,</div><div class="q2">so he did not open his mouth.</div><div class="q1"> 8By oppression#53:8 Or From arrest and judgment he was taken away.</div><div class="q2">Yet who of his generation protested?</div><div class="q1">For he was cut off from the land of the living;</div><div class="q2">for the transgression of my people he was punished.#53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?</div><div class="q1"> 9He was assigned a grave with the wicked,</div><div class="q2">and with the rich in his death,</div><div class="q1">though he had done no violence,</div><div class="q2">nor was any deceit in his mouth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Yet it was the Lord&#8217;s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,</div><div class="q2">and though the Lord makes#53:10 Hebrew though you make his life an offering for sin,</div><div class="q1">he will see his offspring and prolong his days,</div><div class="q2">and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.</div><div class="q1"> 11After he has suffered,</div><div class="q2">he will see the light of life#53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life. and be satisfied#53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied;</div><div class="q1">by his knowledge#53:11 Or by knowledge of him my righteous servant will justify many,</div><div class="q2">and he will bear their iniquities.</div><div class="q1"> 12Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,#53:12 Or many</div><div class="q2">and he will divide the spoils with the strong,#53:12 Or numerous</div><div class="q1">because he poured out his life unto death,</div><div class="q2">and was numbered with the transgressors.</div><div class="q1">For he bore the sin of many,</div><div class="q2">and made intercession for the transgressors.</div>
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 <div class="p">22While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, &#8220;Take it; this is my body.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.</div><div class="p"> 24 &#8220;This is my blood of the # 14:24 Some manuscripts the new covenant, which is poured out for many,&#8221; he said to them. 25&#8220;Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 26When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.</div>
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 <div class="p">11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, &#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> &#8220;You have said so,&#8221; Jesus replied.</div><div class="p"> 12When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate asked him, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?&#8221; 14But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge&#8212;to the great amazement of the governor.</div><div class="p"> 15Now it was the governor&#8217;s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus#27:16 Many manuscripts do not have Jesus; also in verse 17. Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, &#8220;Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?&#8221; 18For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.</div><div class="p"> 19While Pilate was sitting on the judge&#8217;s seat, his wife sent him this message: &#8220;Don&#8217;t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.</div><div class="p"> 21&#8220;Which of the two do you want me to release to you?&#8221; asked the governor.</div><div class="p">&#8220;Barabbas,&#8221; they answered.</div><div class="p"> 22&#8220;What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?&#8221; Pilate asked.</div><div class="p">They all answered, &#8220;Crucify him!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23&#8220;Why? What crime has he committed?&#8221; asked Pilate.</div><div class="p">But they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Crucify him!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. &#8220;I am innocent of this man&#8217;s blood,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is your responsibility!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 25All the people answered, &#8220;His blood is on us and on our children!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 26Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.</div><div class="s1">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</div><div class="p"> 27Then the governor&#8217;s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221; they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.</div><div class="s1">The Crucifixion of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means &#8220;the place of the skull&#8221;). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.</div><div class="p"> 38Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, &#8220;You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!&#8221; 41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42&#8220;He saved others,&#8221; they said, &#8220;but he can&#8217;t save himself! He&#8217;s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, &#8216;I am the Son of God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; 44In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.</div><div class="s1">The Death of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 45From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, &#8220;Eli, Eli,#27:46 Some manuscripts Eloi, Eloi lema sabachthani?&#8221; (which means &#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221;).#27:46 Psalm 22:1</div><div class="p"> 47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, &#8220;He&#8217;s calling Elijah.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, &#8220;Now leave him alone. Let&#8217;s see if Elijah comes to save him.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.</div><div class="p"> 51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs after Jesus&#8217; resurrection and#27:53 Or tombs, and after Jesus&#8217; resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.</div><div class="p"> 54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, &#8220;Surely he was the Son of God!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,#27:56 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph and the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s sons.</div>
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