"Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for...
"And the soldiers led Him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed Him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him. And they began to salute Him,...
"And Pilate again said to them, 'Then what shall I do with the Man you call the King of the Jews?' And they cried out again, 'Crucify Him.' And Pilate said to them, 'Why? What evil has He done?' But they shouted all the more, 'Crucify Him.' So Pilate, wishing to...
"And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, 'The one I will kiss is the man. Seize Him...
"And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together ... seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they found none. ... Again the high priest asked Him, 'Are You the Christ, the Son of the...
"And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to His disciples, 'Sit here while I pray.' And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And He said to them, 'My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain...
"And while He was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over His head. ... Jesus said, 'She has done a beautiful thing...
"And as Jesus taught in the temple, He said, 'How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, "The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies under Your feet.' David himself calls Him...
"And He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when He had looked around at everything, as it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve." (Mark 11:11 ESV)I love this verse. It tells us what Jesus did immediately after He rode that donkey into...
"And He began to speak to them in parables. 'A man planted a vineyard ... and leased it to tenants .... When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him and sent him away...