13 The strongest love anyone can have is this. He will die to save his friends.
26 Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you tell about the Lords death, until he comes again.
51 At that time the thick cloth that hung in the temple was torn into two pieces. It was torn from the top down to the bottom. The earth shook and big rocks broke.
52 The graves opened. Many of Gods people who had died rose from death.
53 They came out of their graves after Jesus rose from death. They went into Jerusalem. Many people saw them there.
54 The Roman captain and some of his soldiers were guarding Jesus on the cross. When they saw the earth shake and the other things happen, they were very much afraid. They said, Surely this man was Gods Son.
11 I am the good shepherd. I am the one who really cares for the sheep. The good shepherd is willing to die to save his sheep.
10 When we were enemies, the death of his Son brought us back to God. Now that we are made right with God, it is the life of Jesus that will save us.
28 Jesus now knew that everything had happened that the holy writings said. He said, I am thirsty.
29 A bowl of bad wine was there. They took something called a sponge and made it wet with the wine. Then they put it on a stick and put it to Jesus mouth.
30 Jesus took the wine. Then he said, It is finished. And he bowed his head and died.
16 Christ died for us. That is how we know what love is. We also should be willing to die for our brothers.
27 People must die, and after that they will be judged.
28 So Christ gave himself as a sacrifice only once. He took on himself the wrong things many people have done. He will come a second time. But he will not come to do anything about the wrong things people have done. He will come to save those who are looking and waiting for him.
23 When the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes. They divided them into four parts and gave each soldier one part. Then they took his coat. It was not sewn together but the cloth was all made in one piece from the top to the bottom.
24 So the soldiers said to one another, We will not tear this. But let us gamble for it. What the holy writings say came true. They say, They divided my clothes among them. They gambled for my coat. That is what the soldiers did.
25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near. He said to his mother, Woman, see your son!
27 And he said to the disciple, See your mother! From that time on, that disciple took her to live in his own home.
2 He himself is the sacrifice God offered to pay for the wrong we have done. And he pays for the wrong things all people in all the world have done.
16 God loved the world so very, very much that he gave his only Son. Because he did that, everyone who believes in him will not lose his life, but will live for ever.
9 We know that Christ was raised from death and will not die again. Death has no power over him any more.
10 He died. And he died once for all time, so that people would stop their wrong ways. But now he lives. And he lives for God.
33 They came to the place called Calvary (the head bone.) There they nailed the two bad men to the crosses also. They put one man on the right side of Jesus and one man on the left side of him.
34 Jesus said, Father, forgive them! They do not know what they are doing. The soldiers played a game to see how they should divide his clothes.
35 The people stood around watching. But the rulers made fun of him. They said, He saved other people. He should save himself if he is Gods Christ, Gods chosen one!
36 The soldiers made fun of him. They came and brought him wine to drink.
37 They said, If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!
38 The sign that was put above Jesus head said, This is the King of the Jews.
39 One of the bad men who was hanging there said wrong things against Jesus. He said If you are the Christ, why do you not save yourself and us?
40 But the other bad man told him to stop. He said, Do you not even fear God? You are being punished just as he is.
41 It is right for us to be punished because we have done wrong things. But this man has done nothing bad.
42 He said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you become a King.
43 And Jesus said to him, I tell you the truth. Today you will be with me in Gods garden of paradise.
3 All of us have been baptised in water. This means we are joined to Christ Jesus. We were baptised into his death. Do you know that?
4 We were buried when he was buried because we were baptised into his death. Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father. So we also must live a new life.
22 You men of Israel, listen to this. God showed you that he was pleased with this man, Jesus of Nazareth. He proved it by the big works and the wonderful signs which he did by Jesus right here among you people. And you yourselves know it.
23 This same Jesus was given up. You let bad men take him. You let them nail him to a cross and kill him. This is just the way God had planned it. He knew how it would happen. But God raised him back to life. He set him free from the pain of death. Death could not hold him.
8 And when he was a man, he was humble. He was even willing to die, yes, to die on a cross.
33 About midday the whole land became dark and stayed dark for three hours.
34 About three oclock, Jesus called out loud, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? That means, My God, my God, why have you left me alone?