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      Psalms 22, Mark 15:22-47, Mark 16:1-8 (English-NIV)

      Psalms 22

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      Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.
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      My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
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      O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
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      Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. [1]
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      In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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      They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
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      But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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      All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
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      "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
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      Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.
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      From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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      Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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      Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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      Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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      I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
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      My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me [2] in the dust of death.
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      Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced [3] my hands and my feet.
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      I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
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      They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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      But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
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      Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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      Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save [4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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      I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
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      You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
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      For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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      From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you [5] will I fulfill my vows.
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      The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!
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      All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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      for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
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      All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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      Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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      They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.

      Mark 15

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      They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).
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      Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
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      And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
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      It was the third hour when they crucified him.
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      The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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      They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. [6]
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      Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,
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      come down from the cross and save yourself!"
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      In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself!
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      Let this Christ, [7] this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
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      At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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      And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, <"Eloi, Eloi, lama> "--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" [8]
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      When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."
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      One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.
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      With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
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      The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
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      And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and [9] saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son [10] of God!"
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      Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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      In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
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      It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,
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      Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
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      Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
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      When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.
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      So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
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      Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

      Mark 16

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      When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
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      Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
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      and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
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      But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
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      As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
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      "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
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      But go, tell his disciples and Peter, `He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'"
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      Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

    1. 3 Or Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel
    2. 15 Or I am laid
    3. 16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like the lion,
    4. 21 Or you have heard
    5. 25 Hebrew him
    6. 27 Some manuscripts left, [28] and the scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with the lawless ones" (Isaiah 53:12)
    7. 32 Or Messiah
    8. 34 Psalm 22:1
    9. 39 Some manuscripts do not have heard his cry and.
    10. 39 Or a son

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