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Luke 22:14-23:56
Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday, Series C (Gospel) April 5, 1998
Luke 22:14-23:56
When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. [15] And he said to
them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. [16] For
I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of
God."
[17] After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among
you. [18] For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
of God comes."
[19] And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This
is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
[20] In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. [21] But the hand of him who is going
to betray me is with mine on the table. [22] The Son of Man will go as it has been
decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him." [23] They began to question among
themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
[24] Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.
[25] Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who
exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. [26] But you are not to be like
that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules
like the one who serves. [27] For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one
who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
[28] You are those who have stood by me in my trials. [29] And I confer on you a kingdom,
just as my Father conferred one on me, [30] so that you may eat and drink at my table in
my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
[31] "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. [32] But I have prayed for
you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your
brothers."
[33] But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."
[34] Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will
deny three times that you know me."
[35] Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you
lack anything?"
"Nothing," they answered.
[36] He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if
you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. [37] It is written: 'And he was
numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes,
what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."
[38] The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.
[39] Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. [40]
On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into
temptation." [41] He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and
prayed, [42] "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but
yours be done." [43] An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. [44]
And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood
falling to the ground.
[45] When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow. [46] "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up
and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."
[47] While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of
the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, [48] but Jesus asked him,
"Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
[49] When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we
strike with our swords?" [50] And one of them struck the servant of the high priest,
cutting off his right ear.
[51] But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and
healed him.
[52] Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the
elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with
swords and clubs? [53] Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay
a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns."
[54] Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest.
Peter followed at a distance. [55] But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the
courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. [56] A servant girl saw him
seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with
him."
[57] But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
[58] A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them."
"Man, I am not!" Peter replied.
[59] About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for
he is a Galilean."
[60] Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he
was speaking, the rooster crowed. [61] The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then
Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows
today, you will disown me three times." [62] And he went outside and wept bitterly.
[63] The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. [64] They blindfolded
him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" [65] And they said many other
insulting things to him.
[66] At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and
teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. [67] "If you are
the Christ," they said, "tell us."
Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, [68] and if I asked you, you
would not answer. [69] But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of
the mighty God."
[70] They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?"
He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
[71] Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his
own lips."
[23:1] Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. [2] And they began to
accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment
of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."
[3] So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
[4] Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a
charge against this man."
[5] But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He
started in Galilee and has come all the way here."
[6] On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. [7] When he learned that
Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at
that time.
[8] When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been
wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some
miracle. [9] He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. [10] The
chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.
[11] Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant
robe, they sent him back to Pilate. [12] That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before
this they had been enemies.
[13] Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, [14] and said to
them, "You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I
have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.
[15] Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to
deserve death. [16] Therefore, I will punish him and then release him." [17]
[18] With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to
us!" [19] (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and
for murder.)
[20] Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. [21] But they kept shouting,
"Crucify him! Crucify him!"
[22] For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I
have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and
then release him."
[23] But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts
prevailed. [24] So Pilate decided to grant their demand. [25] He released the man who had
been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and
surrendered Jesus to their will.
[26] As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the
country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. [27] A large number
of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. [28] Jesus turned
and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves
and for your children. [29] For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the
barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' [30] Then
" 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"
and to the hills, "Cover us!" '
[31] For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is
dry?"
[32] Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. [33] When
they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the
criminals--one on his right, the other on his left. [34] Jesus said, "Father, forgive
them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by
casting lots.
[35] The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He
saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."
[36] The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar [37] and
said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."
[38] There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.
[39] One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the
Christ? Save yourself and us!"
[40] But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said,
"since you are under the same sentence? [41] We are punished justly, for we are
getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
[42] Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
[43] Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in
paradise."
[44] It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the
ninth hour, [45] for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in
two. [46] Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my
spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.
[47] The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was
a righteous man." [48] When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw
what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. [49] But all those who knew him,
including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these
things.
[50] Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
[51] who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of
Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. [52] Going to Pilate, he asked for
Jesus' body. [53] Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb
cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. [54] It was Preparation Day, and
the Sabbath was about to begin.
[55] The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and
how his body was laid in it. [56] Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.
But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.
(NIV)