Readings for Lent and Easter

The Trial in Front of the Jewish Council^(A)

⁶³ The men who were guarding Yeshua made fun of him as they beat him. ⁶⁴ They blindfolded him and said to him, “Tell us who hit you.” ⁶⁵ They also insulted him in many other ways.

⁶⁶ In the morning the council of the people’s leaders, the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings, gathered together. They brought Yeshua in front of their highest court and asked him, ⁶⁷ “Tell us, are you the Messiah?”

Yeshua said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me. ⁶⁸ And if I ask you, you won’t answer. ⁶⁹ But from now on, the Son of Man will be in the highest position in heaven.”

⁷⁰ Then all of them said, “So you’re the Son of God?”

Yeshua answered them, “You’re right to say that I am.”

⁷¹ Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We’ve heard him say it ourselves.”