¹³ Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

²⁶ For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

²⁸ After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

²⁹ Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

³⁰ So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.

³¹ Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

⁵¹ And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

⁵² And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

⁵³ And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

⁵⁴ Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

⁵⁵ And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.

⁹ Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.

¹⁰ For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.

¹¹ Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

¹¹ I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

³³ And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

³⁵ And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

² He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

¹⁶ Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

¹⁷ I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

¹⁸ They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

¹⁹ Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

⁷ I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

⁸ He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

⁹ But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

¹⁶ For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

¹⁰ For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;

⁸ And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

²² Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

²³ Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

²⁴ But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

²⁵ For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:

²³ And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

²⁴ So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

²⁵ Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶ So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!

²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

²⁸ After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

⁵ But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

⁶ We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

⁷ Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.

⁸ They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

³³ And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

³⁴ And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

³⁵ And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

³⁶ And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

³⁷ And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

³⁸ And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁹ And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

⁴⁰ But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

⁴¹ And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

⁴² And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.

⁴³ And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

⁴⁴ And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

²⁷ And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

²⁸ So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

³ Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Jesus, had baptism into his death?

⁴ We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

⁵ For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;