39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”(A)

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”(B)

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[a](C)

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(D)

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  1. Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power

39 Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting[a] him, “You are the Messiah,[b] aren’t you? Save yourself…and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him, “Aren’t you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty? 41 We have been condemned justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he went on to plead, “Jesus, remember me when you come into[c] your kingdom!”

43 Jesus[d] told him, “I tell you[e] with certainty, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

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  1. Luke 23:39 Or blaspheming
  2. Luke 23:39 Or Christ
  3. Luke 23:42 Other mss. read in
  4. Luke 23:43 Lit. He
  5. Luke 23:43 The Gk. pronoun you is sing.