For I have suffered a great deal today in a dream the same way the robbers who were crucified

ed with
because of him.” him also heaped insults on him.
20
But the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to
have Jesus executed.
The Death of Jesus
45
21 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour
”Which of the two do you want me to release
darkness came over all the land. 46About the ninth
to you?” asked the governor.
hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, b lama
“Barabbas,” they answered.
22 sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God,
”What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is
why have you forsaken me?” c
called Christ?” Pilate asked. 47
When some of those standing there heard
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23 this, they said. “He is calling Elijah.”
”Why? What crime has he committed?” asked 48
Immediately one of them ran and got a
Pilate.
sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar,, put it on a
But they shouted all the louder. Crucify him!”
24 stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest
When Pilate saw that he was getting
said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah
nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting,
comes to save him.”
he took water and washed his hands in front of the 50
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud
crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said.
voice, he gave up his spirit.
“It is your responsibility!” 51
25 At that moment the curtain of the temple was
All the people answered, “Let his blood be
torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook
on us and on our children!”
26 and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he
the bodies of many holy people who had died were
had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be
raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and
crucified.
after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city
The Soldiers Mock Jesus and appeared to many people.
27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into 54
When the centurion and those with him who
the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all
soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a that had happened ; they were terrified; and
scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son d of God!”
crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a 55
Many women were there, watching from a
staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to
mocked him. “Hail king of the Jews!” they said. care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary
30
They spit on him, and took the staff and struck Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses,
him on the head again and again. 31After they had and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own
clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify
him.
The Burial of Jesus
57
As evening approached, there same a rich man
The Crucifixion from Arimathea, names Joseph, who had himself
32
As they were going out, they met a man from become a disciple of Jesus. 58Going to Pilate, he
Cyrene, named Simon and they forced him to carry asked for Jesus’s body, and Pilate ordered that it
the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha be given to him. 59Joseph took the body wrapped it
(which means The Place of the Skull). 34There they in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own
offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled
after tasting it. He refused to drink it. 35When they a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and
had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
casting lots. a 36And sitting down they kept watch were sitting there opposite the tomb.
over him there. 37Above his head they places the
written charge against him: This IS JESUS, The
KING OF THE JEWS. 38Two robbers were crucified The Guard at the Tomb
62The
with him, one on his right and one on his left. next day, the one after Preparation Day, the
39
Those who passed by hurled insults at him, chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63”Sir,“
shaking their heads 40and saying, “You who are they said, “we remember that while he was still alive
going to destroy the temple and built it in three that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
64
days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if So give the order for the tomb to be made secure
you are the son of God!” until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come
41
In the same way the chief priests, the and steal the body and tell the people that he has
teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. been raised from the dead. This last deception will be
42
”He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save worse than the first.”
65
himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down ”Take a guard, “Pilate answered. “Go make
now from the cross. And we will believe in him. the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66So they went
43
He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the
want him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’“ 44In stone and posting the guard.
a
35 A few late manuscripts lots that the
word spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled: b
46 Some Manuscripts ELI, Eli
“They divided my garments among themselves c
46 Psalm 22:1
and cast lots for my clothing” (Psalm 22:18) d5
4 Or a son
The Resurrection
23 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of
the week, Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary went to look at the tomb.
2
There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the
Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb,
rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3His appearance
was like lightning, and his clothes were while as
snow. 4The guards were so afraid of him that they
shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women. “Do not be afraid,
for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was
crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he
said. Com and see the place where he lay. Then go
quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the
dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There
you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8
So the women hurried away from the tomb,
afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
9
Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings, “he said.
They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped
him. 10Then Jesus said to them. “Do not be afraid.
Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will
see me.”

The Guards’ Report

11
While the women were on their way, some of
the guards went into the city and reported to the chief
priests everything that had happened. 12When the
chief priests had met with the elders and devised a
plan. they gave the soldiers a large sum of money.
13
telling them. “You are to say. ‘His disciples came
during the night and stole him away while we were
asleep.’ 14If this report gets to the governor, we will
satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15So the
soldiers took the money and did as they were
instructed. And this story has been widely circulated
among the Jews to this very day.

The Great Commission

16
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to
the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17
When they saw him, they worshiped him: but some
doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said. “All
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing then in a the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to
obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I
am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

a
19 Or into: see Acts 8:16; 19:5; Romans
6:3 1 Cor 1:13 and Gal 3:27.
 Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1
2
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ,
the son of God. b
It is written in Isaiah the prophet: It will send my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”
c
—
3
”a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way
for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” d
4
And so John came, baptizing in the desert region
and preaching a baptism of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins. 5The whole Judean countryside
and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in
the Jordan River. 6John wore clothing mase of
camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and
he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his
message: “After me will come one more powerful than
I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to
stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with e water, but
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

b
1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son
of God.
c
2 Mal. 3:1
d
3 Isaiah 40:3
e
8 Or in