Readings for Lent and Easter

^63-64 Now the guards in charge of Jesus began mocking him. They blindfolded him and hit him with their fists and asked, “Who hit you that time, prophet?” ⁶⁵ And they threw all sorts of other insults at him.

⁶⁶ Early the next morning at daybreak the Jewish Supreme Court assembled, including the chief priests and all the top religious authorities of the nation. Jesus was led before this Council ^67-68 and instructed to state whether or not he claimed to be the Messiah.

But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me or let me present my case. ⁶⁹ But the time is soon coming when I, the Messiah,^[a] shall be enthroned beside Almighty God.”

⁷⁰ They all shouted, “Then you claim you are the Son of God?”

And he replied, “Yes, I am.”

⁷¹ “What need do we have for other witnesses?” they shouted. “For we ourselves have heard him say it.”