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New King James Version NKJV
1 Early in the morning all the chief priests and the leaders of the people decided to execute Jesus.
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When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
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And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Jesus, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 silver coins back to the chief priests and leaders.
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Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 He said, "I've sinned by betraying an innocent man." They replied, "What do we care? That's your problem."
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saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"
5 So he threw the money into the temple, went away, and hanged himself.
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Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests took the money and said, "It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money."
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But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood."
7 So they decided to use it to buy a potter's field for the burial of strangers.
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And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 That's why that field has been called the Field of Blood ever since.
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Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
9 Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true, "They took the 30 silver coins, the price the people of Israel had placed on him,
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Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced,
10 and used the coins to buy a potter's field, as the Lord had directed me."
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and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
11 Jesus stood in front of the governor, [Pilate]. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, I am," Jesus answered.
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Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" So Jesus said to him, "It is as you say."
12 While the chief priests and leaders were accusing him, he said nothing.
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And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"
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Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?"
14 But Jesus said absolutely nothing to him in reply, so the governor was very surprised.
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But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
15 At every Passover festival the governor would free one prisoner whom the crowd wanted.
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Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished.
16 At that time there was a well-known prisoner by the name of Barabbas.
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And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
17 So when the people gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to free for you? Do you want me to free Barabbas or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
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Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
18 Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
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For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
19 While Pilate was judging the case, his wife sent him a message. It said, "Leave that innocent man alone. I've been very upset today because of a dream I had about him."
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While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him."
20 But the chief priests and leaders persuaded the crowd to ask for the release of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus.
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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
21 The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to free for you?" They said, "Barabbas."
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The governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
22 Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" "He should be crucified!" they all said.
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Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!"
23 Pilate asked, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they began to shout loudly, "He should be crucified!"
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Then the governor said, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!"
24 Pilate saw that he was not getting anywhere. Instead, a riot was breaking out. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. He said, "I won't be guilty of killing this man. Do what you want!"
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When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it."
25 All the people answered, "The responsibility for killing him will rest on us and our children."
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And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children."
26 Then Pilate freed Barabbas for the people. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.
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Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the palace and gathered the whole troop around him.
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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him.
28 They took off his clothes and put a bright red cape on him.
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And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
29 They twisted some thorns into a crown, placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt in front of him and made fun of him by saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"
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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 After they had spit on him, they took the stick and kept hitting him on the head with it.
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Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.
31 After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
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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 On the way they found a man named Simon. He was from the city of Cyrene. The soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
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Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.
33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").
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And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,
34 They gave him a drink of wine mixed with a drug called gall. When he tasted it, he refused to drink it.
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they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
35 After they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
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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 Then they sat there and kept watch over him.
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Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
37 They placed a written accusation above his head. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."
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And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 At that time they crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
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Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
39 Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads
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And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
40 and said, "You were going to tear down God's temple and build it again in three days. Save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross."
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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 The chief priests together with the scribes and the leaders made fun of him in the same way. They said,
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Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said,
42 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. So he's Israel's king! Let him come down from the cross now, and we'll believe him.
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"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 God. Let God rescue him now if he wants. After all, this man said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
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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 criminals crucified with him were insulting him the same way.
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Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
45 At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
46 About three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
47 When some of the people standing there heard him say that, they said, "He's calling Elijah."
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Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, "This Man is calling for Elijah!"
48 One of the men ran at once, took a sponge, and soaked it in some vinegar. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.
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Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The others said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."
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The rest said, "Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him."
50 Then Jesus loudly cried out once again and gave up his life.
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And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 Suddenly, the curtain in the temple was split in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split open.
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Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died came back to life.
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and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
53 They came out of the tombs after he had come back to life, and they went into the holy city where they appeared to many people.
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and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 An army officer and those watching Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things happening. They were terrified and said, "Certainly, this was the Son of God!"
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So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"
55 Many women were there watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee and had always supported him.
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And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
56 Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
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among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
57 In the evening a rich man named Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and had become a disciple of Jesus.
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Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
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This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.
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When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 Then he laid it in his own new tomb, which had been cut in a rock. After rolling a large stone against the door of the tomb, he went away.
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and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
61 Mary from Magdala and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.
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And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 The next day, which was the day of worship, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together and went to Pilate.
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On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
63 They said, "Sir, we remember how that deceiver said while he was still alive, 'After three days I will be brought back to life.'
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saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.'
64 Therefore, give the order to make the tomb secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may steal him and say to the people, 'He has been brought back to life.' Then the last deception will be worse than the first."
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Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last deception will be worse than the first."
65 Pilate told them, "You have the soldiers you want for guard duty. Go and make the tomb as secure as you know how."
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Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how."
66 So they went to secure the tomb. They placed a seal on the stone and posted the soldiers on guard duty.
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So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.
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