45 *The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue* many people.

28 The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue* many people.

18 We are now on our way to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death, 19 and then they will hand him over to foreigners* who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death.

28 They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe* on him. 29 They made a crown out of thorn branches and placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. They made fun of him and shouted, "Hey, you king of the Jews!"

46 *Jesus shouted, "Father, I put myself in your hands!" Then he died.

13 The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them.

6 Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful.

18 You were rescued* from the useless way of life you learned from your ancestors. But you know you were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don’t last forever. 19 *You were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb.

28 *So Christ died only once to take away the sins of many people. But when he comes again, it will not be to take away sin. He will come to save everyone who is waiting for him.

14 But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our* consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

7 *But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.

3 *I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. This part is:

Christ died for our sins,

as the Scriptures say.

4 *He was buried,

and three days later

he was raised to life,

as the Scriptures say.

2 *Let love be your guide. Christ loved us* and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.

14 *He gave himself to rescue us from everything evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

13 or let any part of it become a slave of evil. Give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life. Make every part of your body a slave that pleases God.

24 *If you want to save your life,* you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will save it.

9 Honor the Lord by giving him

your money and the first part

of all your crops.

3 Doing what is right and fair

pleases the Lord

more than an offering.

13 *Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn’t come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners."

9 But with shouts of praise,

I will offer a sacrifice

to you, my Lord.

I will keep my promise,

because you are the one

with power to save.

32 God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won’t he freely give us everything else?

35,36 Jesus walked on a little way. Then he knelt down on the ground and prayed, "Father,* if it is possible, don’t let this happen to me! Father, you can do anything. Don’t make me suffer by drinking from this cup.* But do what you want, and not what I want."

24 *But I don’t care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God’s gift of undeserved grace.