Mark 15:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ Again and again they hit him on the head with a stick. They spit on him. They fell on their knees and pretended to honor him. ²⁰ After they had made fun of him, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to nail him to a cross.

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross

²¹ A man named Simon was passing by. He was from Cyrene. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. Simon was on his way in from the country. The soldiers forced him to carry the cross.