Mark 15:16-24

16The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called the whole company together.

17They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on him.

18And they began to salute him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”

19They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage.

20After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his clothes on him. They led him out to crucify him.

21They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

22They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull).

23They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

24Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.