Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is ^(A)faint and ^(B)pours out his complaint before the Lord.

¹¹ Beloved, I urge you ^(A)as sojourners and exiles ^(B)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, ^(C)which wage war against your soul. ^12 (D)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(E)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(F)the day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

^13 (G)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,^[a] whether it be to the emperor^[b] as supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him ^(H)to punish those who do evil and ^(I)to praise those who do good. ¹⁵ For this is the will of God, ^(J)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. ^16 (K)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but ^(L)living as servants^[c] of God. ^17 (M)Honor everyone. ^(N)Love the brotherhood. ^(O)Fear God. Honor the emperor.

^18 (P)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.^{[d] 19} For this is a gracious thing, when, ^(Q)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^(R)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. ²¹ For ^(S)to this you have been called, ^(T)because Christ also suffered for you, ^(U)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ^22 (V)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. ^23 (W)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ^(X)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. ^24 (Y)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we ^(Z)might die to sin and ^(AA)live to righteousness. ^(AB)By his wounds you have been healed. ²⁵ For ^(AC)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to ^(AD)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^18 (A)But they all cried out together, ^(B)“Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”— ¹⁹ a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and ^(C)for murder. ²⁰ Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, ²¹ but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” ²² A third time he said to them, “Why? ^(D)What evil has he done? ^(E)I have found in him no guilt deserving death. ^(F)I will therefore punish and release him.” ²³ But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. ²⁴ So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. ²⁵ He released the man who had been thrown into prison ^(G)for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, ^(H)but he delivered Jesus over to their will.

The Crucifixion

^26 (I)And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^(J)mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸ But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, ^(K)the days are coming when they will say, ^(L)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ^30 (M)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For ^(N)if they do these things when ^(O)the wood is green, what will happen ^(P)when it is dry?”

^32 (Q)Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ^33 (R)And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^(S)one on his right and one on his left. ³⁴ And Jesus said, “Father, ^(T)forgive them, ^(U)for they know not what they do.”^[a] And they cast lots ^(V)to divide his garments. ³⁵ And ^(W)the people stood by, watching, ^(X)but ^(Y)the rulers ^(Z)scoffed at him, saying, ^(AA)“He saved others; ^(AB)let him save himself, ^(AC)if he is ^(AD)the Christ of God, ^(AE)his Chosen One!” ³⁶ The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^(AF)offering him sour wine ³⁷ and saying, ^(AG)“If you are ^(AH)the King of the Jews, save yourself!” ^38 (AI)There was also an inscription over him,^[b] “This is ^(AJ)the King of the Jews.”

^39 (AK)One of the criminals who were hanged ^(AL)railed at him,^[c] saying, “Are you not ^(AM)the Christ? Save yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he said, “Jesus, remember me ^(AN)when you come into your kingdom.” ⁴³ And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^(AO)paradise.”

The Death of Jesus

^44 (AP)It was now about the sixth hour,^[d] and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,^{[e] 45} while the sun's light failed. And ^(AQ)the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus, ^(AR)calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^(AS)into your hands I ^(AT)commit my spirit!” And having said this ^(AU)he breathed his last. ⁴⁷ Now ^(AV)when the centurion saw what had taken place, ^(AW)he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” ⁴⁸ And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home ^(AX)beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ And all ^(AY)his acquaintances and ^(AZ)the women who had followed him from Galilee ^(BA)stood at a distance watching these things.