My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I have cried desperately for help, but still it does not come.

Save me from the sword; save my life from these dogs.

They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city.

My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city,

"Do not give what is holy to dogs---they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs---they will only trample them underfoot.

Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body.

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

Proud people are coming against me, O God; a cruel gang is trying to kill me--- people who pay no attention to you.

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words."

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to the house of Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the teachers of the Law and the elders had gathered together.

The soldiers took Jesus inside to the courtyard of the governor's palace and called together the rest of the company.

Then they began to salute him: "Long live the King of the Jews!"

When they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.

And they said many other insulting things to him.

"Tell us," they said, "are you the Messiah?" He answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me;

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right side of Almighty God."

And they said, "We don't need any witnesses! We ourselves have heard what he said!"

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no reason to condemn this man."

But they insisted even more strongly, "With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judea. He began in Galilee and now has come here."

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law stepped forward and made strong accusations against Jesus.

Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and treated him with contempt; then they put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices that Jesus should be crucified, and finally their shouting succeeded.

"I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing.

When they came to the place called "The Skull," they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.

After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of woven cloth without any seams in it.

And there is another scripture that says, "People will look at him whom they pierced."

So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe."

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!"