Healing Many People

²⁹ Moving on from there,^(A) Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee.^(B) He went up on a mountain and sat there, ³⁰ and large crowds came to him, including the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he healed them. ³¹ So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing,^(C) and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

The Third Prediction of His Death

³¹ Then^(A) he took the Twelve aside and told them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem.^(B) Everything that is written^(C) through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.^{(D) 32} For he will be handed over to the Gentiles,^(E) and he will be mocked,^(F) insulted, spit^(G) on; ³³ and after they flog him, they will kill him, and he will rise on the third day.”^(H)

The Finished Work of Jesus

²⁸ After^(A) this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished^(B) that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”^{(C) 29} A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch^(D) and held it up to his mouth.

³⁰ When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”^(E) Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.^(F)

Resurrection Morning

16 When^(A) the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,^(B) Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him. ² Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week,^(C) they went to the tomb^(D) at sunrise. ³ They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?” ⁴ Looking up, they noticed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

⁵ When^(E) they entered the tomb,^(F) they saw a young man^(G) dressed^(H) in a white^(I) robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed. ⁶ “Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,^(J) who was crucified. He has risen!^(K) He is not here. See the place where they put him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter,^(L) ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee;^(M) you will see him there just as he told you.’”

The Justified Are Reconciled

⁶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time,^(A) Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. ⁸ But God proves^(B) his own love for us^(C) in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood,^(D) will we be saved through him from wrath.^{(E) 10} For if, while we were enemies,^(F) we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.^{(G) 11} And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.^(H)

Christ’s Humility and Exaltation

⁵ Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,

¹⁶ For God loved^(A) the world in this way:^[a] He gave^[b] his one and only^(B) Son,^(C) so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.^{(D) 17} For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn^(E) the world, but to save the world through him.