Mark 15
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Mark 15:23-38

23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

25And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

26And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews."

27And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."

37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

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