Luke 23:39-46
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39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding[a] him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah?[b] Save yourself and us!”(A) 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”(B) 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in[c] your kingdom.” 43 He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(C)
The Death of Jesus
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land[d] until three in the afternoon, 45 while the sun’s light failed,[e] and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.(D) 46 Then Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last.(E)
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