``For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" ``Then they will begin TO SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, `FALL ON US,' AND TO THE HILLS, `COVER US.' ``For behold, the days are coming when they will say, `Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.Īnd following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him.īut Jesus turning to them said, ``Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. And their voices began to prevail.Īnd Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.Īnd he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will. Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,īut they kept on calling out, saying, ``Crucify, crucify Him!"Īnd he said to them the third time, ``Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death therefore I will punish Him and release Him."īut they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. (He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder.) ``Therefore I will punish Him and release Him."īut they cried out all together, saying, ``Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!" ``No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.
Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,Īnd said to them, ``You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him. Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day for before they had been enemies with each other. Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him.Īnd he questioned Him at some length but He answered him nothing.Īnd the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently.Īnd Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate. When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.Īnd when he learned that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time. Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, ``I find no guilt in this man."īut they kept on insisting, saying, ``He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place." So Pilate asked Him, saying, ``Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, `` It is as you say." Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate.Īnd they began to accuse Him, saying, ``We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King." Both actions can bring about great healing and joy. If you have hurt another person, be brave and offer him or her an honest apology.
Nor does it mean we’ll avoid getting hurt along the way. God made us to serve and live alongside one another, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy.
This month, we explored what it means to be members of a community-along with the blessings and requirements that come with such involvement. To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the scriptures referenced throughout.
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