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Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,

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who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

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Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

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Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.

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But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

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For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

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And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.

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And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

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“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

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and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

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Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’

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But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

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And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

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But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

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Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

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So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

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So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

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Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

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“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

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and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

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Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’

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But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

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And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

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But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

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Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

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So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

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So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

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Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

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The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

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Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,

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and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

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Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

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Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

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Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

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But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

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Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away.

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And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

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where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.

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Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

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Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”

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Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.

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After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”

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So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

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Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.

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But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

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But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

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And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Leavetaking of the Elevation of the Cross