28 Jesus now realized that he had finished all that he had come to do. In fulfillment of Scripture, he said, "I’m thirsty."* 29 A jar of wine vinegar was standing there, so they soaked a sponge in the vinegar, put it on a hyssop stick, and held it to his lips. 30 After he’d had the vinegar, Jesus said, "It’s finished!"* Then he bowed his head and breathed his last.

23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them in four so that each soldier had his share. There was also his robe, made without seams, woven in one piece. 24 So they said to each other, "Let’s not tear it, but let’s decide who will have it by rolling dice." This fulfilled the Scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them and rolled dice for my clothing."* So that is what the soldiers did.

25 Standing near the cross were Jesus' mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.* 26 When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Mother,* this is your son." 27 Then he said to the disciple, "This is your mother." From then on the disciple took her into his home.

33 When they reached the place called the Skull they crucified him together with the criminals, one on his right, and the other on his left.

34 Jesus said, "Father, please forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing." They divided up his clothes by throwing dice for them.*

35 The people stood and watched and the leaders sneered at Jesus. "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One,"* they said.

36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up to him and offering him wine vinegar, saying, 37 "If you’re the King of the Jews, then save yourself."

38 Above Jesus was a sign on which it was written, "This is the King of the Jews."

39 One of the criminals hanging there joined in the insults against Jesus. "Aren’t you the Messiah?" he asked. "Then save yourself—and us too!"

40 But the other criminal disagreed and argued with him, "Don’t you fear God even when you’re suffering the same punishment?" he asked. 41 "For us the sentence is right since we’re being punished for what we did, but this man didn’t do anything wrong."

42 Then he said, "Jesus, please remember me when you come into your kingdom."

43 Jesus replied, "I promise you today you will be with me in paradise."

33 At noon darkness fell over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 At three o’clock Jesus cried out, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"*

51 Right then the veil of the Temple was torn apart from top to bottom. The ground shook, the rocks split apart, 52 and the graves were opened. Many of those who had lived good lives and had fallen asleep in death were raised to life. 53 After the resurrection of Jesus they went out from the graveyards into the holy city* where many people saw them.

54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, "This really was the Son of God!"

5 But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace,* and his wounds heal us. 6 All of us have wandered off, just like sheep. Each of us has gone our own way, and the Lord allowed all our guilt to fall on him.*

7 He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn’t say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn’t say a word.

16 Evil men surround me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced* my hands and feet.

17 I’m so thin* I can count all my bones. People stare at me and gloat.

18 They divide my clothing among them; they roll dice* for my clothes.

7 People who see me mock me. They laugh at me* and shake their heads, saying,

8 "He trusts in the Lord—well then, let the Lord save him! If the Lord is such a friend, then let the Lord rescue him!"

13 There is no greater love than to give your life for your friends.

16 For God loved the world, and this is how:* he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn’t die, but have eternal life.

10 While we were his enemies, God made us his friends through the death of his Son, and so we can be absolutely sure that he will save us through the life of his Son.

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

2 Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world.

8 Coming in human form, humbling himself, he submitted himself to death—even death on a cross.

9 for we know that because Christ has been raised from the dead he won’t ever die, because death has no longer any power over him. 10 In dying, he died to sin once and for all, but now he lives, and he lives for God!

3 Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Through baptism we were buried with him in death so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father we too can live a new life.

27 Just as human beings die only once, and then are judged, 28 so too for Christ—having been sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, he will come again, not to deal with sin, but to save those who wait for him.

22 People of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man confirmed by God to you by the powerful miracles and signs that God performed through him, right here among you—as you well know. 23 God, knowing beforehand what would happen, followed his plan and resolved to hand him over to you. By means of the hands of wicked men, you killed him by nailing him to a cross. 24 But God raised him back to life, freeing him from the burden of death, because death did not have the power to keep him a prisoner.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

26 For every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you announce the Lord’s death, until he returns."