Today's Readings
24 Babah 1742
Matthew 27 : 27 - 45
| 27 | Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. |
| 28 | And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. |
| 29 | When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" |
| 30 | Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. |
| 31 | And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. |
| 32 | Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. |
| 33 | And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, |
| 34 | they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. |
| 35 | Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." |
| 36 | Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. |
| 37 | And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 38 | Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. |
| 39 | And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads |
| 40 | and saying, "You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." |
| 41 | Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, |
| 42 | "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. |
| 43 | He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, "I am the Son of God."' |
| 44 | Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing. |
| 45 | Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. |
Mark 15 : 26 - 33
| 26 | And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 27 | With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left. |
| 28 | So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with the transgressors." |
| 29 | And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, |
| 30 | save Yourself, and come down from the cross!" |
| 31 | Likewise the chief priests also, mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. |
| 32 | Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him. |
| 33 | Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. |
Luke 23 : 26 - 44
| 26 | Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. |
| 27 | And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. |
| 28 | But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. |
| 29 | For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, "Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!' |
| 30 | Then they will begin "to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"' |
| 31 | For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?" |
| 32 | There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. |
| 33 | And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. |
| 34 | Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots. |
| 35 | And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God." |
| 36 | The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine, |
| 37 | and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself." |
| 38 | And an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 39 | Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us." |
| 40 | But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? |
| 41 | And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong." |
| 42 | Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." |
| 43 | And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." |
| 44 | Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. |
John 19 : 13 - 27
| 13 | When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. |
| 14 | Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!" |
| 15 | But they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!" |
| 16 | Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. |
| 17 | And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, |
| 18 | where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. |
| 19 | Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 20 | Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. |
| 21 | Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, "The King of the Jews,' but, "He said, "I am the King of the Jews.' |
| 22 | Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." |
| 23 | Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. |
| 24 | They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things. |
| 25 | Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. |
| 26 | When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" |
| 27 | Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. |
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