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Exodus chapter 6

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you are going to see what I will do to the king. I will force him to let my people go. In fact, I will force him to drive them out of his land."
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God spoke to Moses and said, "I am the LORD.
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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the LORD.
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I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.
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Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
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So tell the Israelites that I say to them, 'I am the LORD; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.
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I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.
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I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the LORD.' "
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Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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"Go and tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land."
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But Moses replied, "Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker."
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The LORD commanded Moses and Aaron: "Tell the Israelites and the king of Egypt that I have ordered you to lead the Israelites out of Egypt."
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Reuben, Jacob's first-born, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.
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Simeon had six sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.
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Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Levi lived 137 years.
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Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.
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Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
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Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi with their descendants.
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Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
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Uzziel also had three sons: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
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Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Korah had three sons: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; they were the ancestors of the divisions of the clan of Korah.
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Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of Putiel's daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the families and the clans of the tribe of Levi.
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Aaron and Moses were the ones to whom the LORD said, "Lead the tribes of Israel out of Egypt."
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They were the men who told the king of Egypt to free the Israelites.
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When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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he said, "I am the LORD. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you."
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But Moses answered, "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"

Exodus chapter 7

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The LORD said, "I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet.
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Tell Aaron everything I command you, and he will tell the king to let the Israelites leave his country.
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But I will make the king stubborn, and he will not listen to you, no matter how many terrifying things I do in Egypt. Then I will bring severe punishment on Egypt and lead the tribes of my people out of the land.
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(SEE 7:3)
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The Egyptians will then know that I am the LORD, when I raise my hand against them and bring the Israelites out of their country."
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Moses and Aaron did what the LORD commanded.
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At the time when they spoke to the king, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
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"If the king demands that you prove yourselves by performing a miracle, tell Aaron to take his walking stick and throw it down in front of the king, and it will turn into a snake."
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So Moses and Aaron went to the king and did as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers, and it turned into a snake.
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Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing.
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They threw down their walking sticks, and the sticks turned into snakes. But Aaron's stick swallowed theirs.
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The king, however, remained stubborn and, just as the LORD had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "The king is very stubborn and refuses to let the people go.
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So go and meet him in the morning when he goes down to the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that was turned into a snake, and wait for him on the riverbank.
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Then say to the king, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened.
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Now, Your Majesty, the LORD says that you will find out who he is by what he is going to do. Look, I am going to strike the surface of the river with this stick, and the water will be turned into blood.
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The fish will die, and the river will stink so much that the Egyptians will not be able to drink from it.' "
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The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to take his stick and hold it out over all the rivers, canals, and pools in Egypt. The water will become blood, and all over the land there will be blood, even in the wooden tubs and stone jars."
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Then Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the presence of the king and his officers, Aaron raised his stick and struck the surface of the river, and all the water in it was turned into blood.
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The fish in the river died, and it smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink from it. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.
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Then the king's magicians did the same thing by means of their magic, and the king was as stubborn as ever. Just as the LORD had said, the king refused to listen to Moses and Aaron.
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Instead, he turned and went back to his palace without paying any attention even to this.
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All the Egyptians dug along the bank of the river for drinking water, because they were not able to drink water from the river.
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Seven days passed after the LORD struck the river.

Exodus chapter 8

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the king and tell him that the LORD says, 'Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
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If you refuse, I will punish your country by covering it with frogs.
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The Nile will be so full of frogs that they will leave it and go into your palace, your bedroom, your bed, the houses of your officials and your people, and even into your ovens and baking pans.
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They will jump up on you, your people, and all your officials.' "
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The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to hold out his walking stick over the rivers, the canals, and the pools, and make frogs come up and cover the land of Egypt."
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So Aaron held it out over all the water, and the frogs came out and covered the land.
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But the magicians used magic, and they also made frogs come up on the land.
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The king called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take away these frogs, and I will let your people go, so that they can offer sacrifices to the LORD."
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Moses replied, "I will be glad to pray for you. Just set the time when I am to pray for you, your officers, and your people. Then you will be rid of the frogs, and there will be none left except in the Nile."
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The king answered, "Pray for me tomorrow." Moses said, "I will do as you ask, and then you will know that there is no other god like the LORD, our God.
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You, your officials, and your people will be rid of the frogs, and there will be none left except in the Nile."
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Then Moses and Aaron left the king, and Moses prayed to the LORD to take away the frogs which he had brought on the king.
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The LORD did as Moses asked, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
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The Egyptians piled them up in great heaps, until the land stank with them.
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When the king saw that the frogs were dead, he became stubborn again and, just as the LORD had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.
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The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to strike the ground with his stick, and all over the land of Egypt the dust will change into gnats."
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So Aaron struck the ground with his stick, and all the dust in Egypt was turned into gnats, which covered the people and the animals.
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The magicians tried to use their magic to make gnats appear, but they failed. There were gnats everywhere,
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and the magicians said to the king, "God has done this!" But the king was stubborn and, just as the LORD had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.
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The LORD said to Moses, "Early tomorrow morning go and meet the king as he goes to the river, and tell him that the LORD says, 'Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
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I warn you that if you refuse, I will punish you by sending flies on you, your officials, and your people. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and the ground will be covered with them.
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But I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no flies there. I will do this so that you will know that I, the LORD, am at work in this land.
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I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miracle will take place tomorrow.' "
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The LORD sent great swarms of flies into the king's palace and the houses of his officials. The whole land of Egypt was brought to ruin by the flies.
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Then the king called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and offer sacrifices to your God here in this country."
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"It would not be right to do that," Moses answered, "because the Egyptians would be offended by our sacrificing the animals that we offer to the LORD our God. If we use these animals and offend the Egyptians by sacrificing them where they can see us, they will stone us to death.
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We must travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, just as he commanded us."
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The king said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the LORD, your God, in the desert, if you do not go very far. Pray for me."
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Moses answered, "As soon as I leave, I will pray to the LORD that tomorrow the flies will leave you, your officials, and your people. But you must not deceive us again and prevent the people from going to sacrifice to the LORD."
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Moses left the king and prayed to the LORD,
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and the LORD did as Moses asked. The flies left the king, his officials, and his people; not one fly remained.
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But even this time the king became stubborn, and again he would not let the people go.

Luke chapter 23

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The whole group rose up and took Jesus before Pilate,
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where they began to accuse him: "We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king."
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Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "So you say," answered Jesus.
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Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no reason to condemn this man."
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But they insisted even more strongly, "With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judea. He began in Galilee and now has come here."
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When Pilate heard this, he asked, "Is this man a Galilean?"
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When he learned that Jesus was from the region ruled by Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
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Herod was very pleased when he saw Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been wanting to see him for a long time. He was hoping to see Jesus perform some miracle.
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So Herod asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus made no answer.
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The chief priests and the teachers of the Law stepped forward and made strong accusations against Jesus.
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Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and treated him with contempt; then they put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
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On that very day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this they had been enemies.
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Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,
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and said to them, "You brought this man to me and said that he was misleading the people. Now, I have examined him here in your presence, and I have not found him guilty of any of the crimes you accuse him of.
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Nor did Herod find him guilty, for he sent him back to us. There is nothing this man has done to deserve death.
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So I will have him whipped and let him go."
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The whole crowd cried out, "Kill him! Set Barabbas free for us!"
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(Barabbas had been put in prison for a riot that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
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Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he appealed to the crowd again.
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But they shouted back, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
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Pilate said to them the third time, "But what crime has he committed? I cannot find anything he has done to deserve death! I will have him whipped and set him free."
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But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices that Jesus should be crucified, and finally their shouting succeeded.
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So Pilate passed the sentence on Jesus that they were asking for.
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He set free the man they wanted, the one who had been put in prison for riot and murder, and he handed Jesus over for them to do as they wished.
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The soldiers led Jesus away, and as they were going, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon who was coming into the city from the country. They seized him, put the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
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A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him.
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Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem! Don't cry for me, but for yourselves and your children.
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For the days are coming when people will say, 'How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who never nursed them!'
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That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Hide us!'
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For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Two other men, both of them criminals, were also led out to be put to death with Jesus.
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When they came to the place called "The Skull," they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.
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Jesus said, "Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing." They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
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The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders made fun of him: "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!"
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The soldiers also made fun of him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,
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and said, "Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!"
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Above him were written these words: "This is the King of the Jews."
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One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
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The other one, however, rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God? You received the same sentence he did.
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Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong."
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And he said to Jesus, "Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!"
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Jesus said to him, "I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me."
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It was about twelve o'clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o'clock; and the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two.
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(SEE 23:44)
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Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father! In your hands I place my spirit!" He said this and died.
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The army officer saw what had happened, and he praised God, saying, "Certainly he was a good man!"
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When the people who had gathered there to watch the spectacle saw what happened, they all went back home, beating their breasts in sorrow.
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All those who knew Jesus personally, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance to watch.
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There was a man named Joseph from Arimathea, a town in Judea. He was a good and honorable man, who was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God. Although he was a member of the Council, he had not agreed with their decision and action.
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(SEE 23:50)
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He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Then he took the body down, wrapped it in a linen sheet, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock and which had never been used.
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It was Friday, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
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The women who had followed Jesus from Galilee went with Joseph and saw the tomb and how Jesus' body was placed in it.
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Then they went back home and prepared the spices and perfumes for the body. On the Sabbath they rested, as the Law commanded.

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