Mark 15:16-24

16The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace and called together the whole troop.

17They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head.

18Then they began to greet him, “Long live the king of the Jews!”

19They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.

20After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

21A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming ⌞into Jerusalem⌟ from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.

22They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

23They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn’t take it.

24Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.