Luke 23:26-31
World English Bible
26 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus. 27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. 28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ 30 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
Luke 23:26-31
International Standard Version
Jesus is Crucified(A)
26 As they led Jesus[a] away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.
28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Women[b] of Jerusalem, stop crying for me. Instead, cry for yourselves and for your children, 29 because the time is surely coming when people[c] will say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn’t bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then people[d] will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!’[e] 31 And if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
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- Luke 23:26 Lit. him
- Luke 23:28 Lit. Daughters
- Luke 23:29 Lit. they
- Luke 23:30 Lit. they
- Luke 23:30 Cf. Hos 10:8
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