34. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.
35. The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
36. The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
37. They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
38. A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39. One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”