15:1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
15:2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."
15:3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
15:4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"
15:5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
15:6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
15:7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
15:8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
15:9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
15:10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
15:12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
15:13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
15:14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
15:15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
15:17 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
15:18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
15:19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
15:20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
15:21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
15:22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."
15:23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.
15:24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.
15:25 It was the third hour,{9:00 A. M.} and they crucified him.
15:26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
15:27 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
15:28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."
15:29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
15:30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
15:31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.
15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.{TR omits "him"}" Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
15:33 When the sixth hour{or, noon} had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM}
15:34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1}
15:35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."
15:36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
15:37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
15:38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
15:39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
15:40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
15:41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
15:42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
15:44 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
15:45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
15:46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
Ephesians 5
5:1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
5:3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
5:4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
5:7 Therefore don't be partakers with them.
5:8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
5:9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
5:10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
5:12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
5:13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
5:14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
5:15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
5:16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18 Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
5:19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;
5:20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
5:21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
5:24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
5:26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
5:27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
5:28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
5:30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
5:31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."{Genesis 2:24}
5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
5:33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 6
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
6:2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
6:3 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."{Deuteronomy 5:16}
6:4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
6:6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
6:8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
6:9 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.
6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
6:13 Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
6:15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;
6:16 above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the spoken word of God;
6:18 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
6:19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;
6:22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
