and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head.

And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.

A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not extinguish, till he shall send forth his law for conquest.

As these were going away, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

for with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you.

neither do men light a lamp and place it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.