Jesus Before Pilate and Herod^(A)(B)(C)

⁶⁶ At daybreak the council^(D) of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together,^(E) and Jesus was led before them. ⁶⁷ “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸ and if I asked you, you would not answer.^{(F) 69} But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”^(G)

⁷⁰ They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”^(H)

He replied, “You say that I am.”^(I)

⁷¹ Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”

23 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.^{(A) 2} And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.^(B) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar^(C) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”^(D)

³ So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

⁴ Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”^(E)

⁵ But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee^(F) and has come all the way here.”

⁶ On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.^{(G) 7} When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod,^(H) who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

⁸ When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him.^(I) From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. ⁹ He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.^{(J) 10} The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. ¹¹ Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe,^(K) they sent him back to Pilate. ¹² That day Herod and Pilate became friends^(L)—before this they had been enemies.

¹³ Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, ¹⁴ and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.^{(M) 15} Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. ¹⁶ Therefore, I will punish him^(N) and then release him.” ^[17] [a]

¹⁸ But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”^{(O) 19} (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

²⁰ Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. ²¹ But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

²² For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”^(P)

²³ But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. ²⁴ So Pilate decided to grant their demand. ²⁵ He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.

Moses Blesses the Tribes^(A)

33 This is the blessing^(B) that Moses the man of God^(C) pronounced on the Israelites before his death. ² He said:

⁷ And this he said about Judah:^(Q)

⁸ About Levi^(R) he said:

¹² About Benjamin^(AD) he said:

¹³ About Joseph^(AI) he said:

¹⁸ About Zebulun^(AS) he said:

²⁰ About Gad^(AX) he said:

²² About Dan^(BC) he said:

²³ About Naphtali^(BD) he said:

²⁴ About Asher^(BE) he said:

The Death of Moses

34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo^(BZ) from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah,^(CA) across from Jericho.^(CB) There the Lord showed^(CC) him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,^{(CD) 2} all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,^{(CE) 3} the Negev^(CF) and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms,^(CG) as far as Zoar.^{(CH) 4} Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath^(CI) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(CJ) when I said, ‘I will give it^(CK) to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross^(CL) over into it.”

⁵ And Moses the servant of the Lord^(CM) died^(CN) there in Moab, as the Lord had said. ⁶ He buried him^[g] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor,^(CO) but to this day no one knows where his grave is.^{(CP) 7} Moses was a hundred and twenty years old^(CQ) when he died, yet his eyes were not weak^(CR) nor his strength gone.^{(CS) 8} The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab^(CT) thirty days,^(CU) until the time of weeping and mourning^(CV) was over.

⁹ Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit^[h] of wisdom^(CW) because Moses had laid his hands on him.^(CX) So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Since then, no prophet^(CY) has risen in Israel like Moses,^(CZ) whom the Lord knew face to face,^{(DA) 11} who did all those signs and wonders^(DB) the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials^(DC) and to his whole land. ¹² For no one has^(DD) ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds^(DE) that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.