Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified.

They spat in His face, and buffeted Him: and they slapped Him,

And taking him from the crowd privately, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spat, He touched his tongue;

and they will mock Him, and will scourge Him, and will spit upon Him, and will kill Him; and He will rise the third day.

And certain ones began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and say to Him, Prophesy: and the officers received Him with blows.

And they continued to strike His head with a reed, and spit on Him, and putting down their knees worshiped Him.

And having come he finds it swept and beautified.

For He will be delivered to the Gentiles; and be mocked, and insulted, and spat upon:

Saying these words, He spat on the ground, and made mortar out of the spittle, and besmeared the mortar on his eyes,

in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

If any one comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine; do not receive him into your house, and do not bid him God speed:

for the one bidding him God speed partakes of his evil deeds.