Readings for Lent and Easter

Jesus taunted

⁶³ The men who were holding Jesus in custody taunted him while they beat him. ⁶⁴ They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” ⁶⁵ Insulting him, they said many other horrible things against him.

Jesus before the Jerusalem leadership

⁶⁶ As morning came, the elders of the people, both chief priests and legal experts, came together, and Jesus was brought before their council.

⁶⁷ They said, “If you are the Christ, tell us!”

He answered, “If I tell you, you won’t believe. ⁶⁸ And if I ask you a question, you won’t answer. ⁶⁹ But from now on, the Human One^[a] will be seated on the right side of the power of God.”^[b]

⁷⁰ They all said, “Are you God’s Son, then?”

He replied, “You say that I am.”

⁷¹ Then they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We’ve heard it from his own lips.”