Mark 15:12-21

English Standard Version

¹² And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^(A)the man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^(B)What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(C)scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (D)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(E)the palace (that is, ^(F)the governor's headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole ^(G)battalion.^{[c] 17} And they clothed him in ^(H)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(I)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(J)spitting on him and ^(K)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(L)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(M)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(N)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (O)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.