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1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.Select Luke 23:1

2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”Select Luke 23:2

3Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”Select Luke 23:3

4Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”Select Luke 23:4

5But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”Select Luke 23:5

6But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.Select Luke 23:6

7When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.Select Luke 23:7

8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.Select Luke 23:8

9He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.Select Luke 23:9

10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.Select Luke 23:10

11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.Select Luke 23:11

12Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.Select Luke 23:12

13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,Select Luke 23:13

14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.Select Luke 23:14

15Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.Select Luke 23:15

16I will therefore chastise him and release him.”Select Luke 23:16

17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.Select Luke 23:17

18But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—Select Luke 23:18

19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.Select Luke 23:19

20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,Select Luke 23:20

21but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”Select Luke 23:21

22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”Select Luke 23:22

23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.Select Luke 23:23

24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.Select Luke 23:24

25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.Select Luke 23:25

26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.Select Luke 23:26

27A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.Select Luke 23:27

28But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.Select Luke 23:28

29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’Select Luke 23:29

30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’Select Luke 23:30

31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”Select Luke 23:31

32There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.Select Luke 23:32

33When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.Select Luke 23:33

34Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.Select Luke 23:34

35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”Select Luke 23:35

36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,Select Luke 23:36

37and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”Select Luke 23:37

38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”Select Luke 23:38

39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”Select Luke 23:39

40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?Select Luke 23:40

41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”Select Luke 23:41

42He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”Select Luke 23:42

43Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”Select Luke 23:43

44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.Select Luke 23:44

45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.Select Luke 23:45

46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.Select Luke 23:46

47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”Select Luke 23:47

48All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.Select Luke 23:48

49All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.Select Luke 23:49

50Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous manSelect Luke 23:50

51(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:Select Luke 23:51

52this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.Select Luke 23:52

53He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.Select Luke 23:53

54It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.Select Luke 23:54

55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.Select Luke 23:55

56They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.Select Luke 23:56