29 And (A)those who passed by derided him, (B)wagging their heads and saying, (C)“Aha! (D)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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39 And (A)those who passed by (B)derided him, (C)wagging their heads 40 and saying, (D)“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! (E)If you are (F)the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

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25 I am (A)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they (B)wag their heads.

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11 And Herod with his soldiers (A)treated him with contempt and (B)mocked him. Then, (C)arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

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20 And when they had (A)mocked him, they stripped him of (B)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they (C)led him out to crucify him.

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29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they (A)mocked him, saying, “Hail, (B)King of the Jews!”

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66 What is your judgment?” They answered, (A)“He deserves death.” 67 Then (B)they spit in his face (C)and (D)struck him. And some slapped him, 68 saying, “Prophesy to us, you (E)Christ! Who is it that struck you?”

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14 You have made us (A)a byword among the nations,
    (B)a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head

35 And (A)the people stood by, watching, (B)but (C)the rulers (D)scoffed at him, saying, (E)“He saved others; (F)let him save himself, (G)if he is (H)the Christ of God, (I)his Chosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and (J)offering him sour wine 37 and saying, (K)“If you are (L)the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 (M)There was also an inscription over him,[a] “This is (N)the King of the Jews.”

39 (O)One of the criminals who were hanged (P)railed at him,[b] saying, “Are you not (Q)the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:38 Some manuscripts add in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew
  2. Luke 23:39 Or blasphemed him

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 (A)The Pharisees, who were (B)lovers of money, heard all these things, and they (C)ridiculed him.

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29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 Was the baptism of John (A)from heaven or from man? Answer me.” 31 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, (B)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—(C)they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was (D)a prophet.

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24 he said, “Go away, for (A)the girl is not dead but (B)sleeping.” And they laughed at him.

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Whom are you mocking?
    Against whom (A)do you open your mouth wide
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of (B)transgression,
    (C)the offspring of deceit,

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(A)He was despised and rejected[a] by men,
    a man of sorrows[b] and acquainted with[c] grief;[d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[e]
    he was despised, and (B)we esteemed him not.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us

15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
(A)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast,[a]
    they (B)gnash at me with their teeth.

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  1. Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

18 Let the lying lips be mute,
    which (A)speak (B)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.

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“And now I have become their (A)song;
    I am (B)a byword to them.
10 They (C)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
    they do not hesitate to (D)spit at the sight of me.
11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
    they have cast off restraint[a] in my presence.

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  1. Job 30:11 Hebrew the bridle

10 Men have (A)gaped at me with their mouth;
    they have (B)struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they (C)mass themselves together against me.

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I also could speak as you do,
    if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
    and (A)shake my head at you.

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22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:

“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
    (A)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
    the daughter of Jerusalem.

23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
    Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
    Against (B)the Holy One of Israel!

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