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The Book of Luke, Chapter 23, Verse 27

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And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it] after Jesus.
King James Version
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
American Standard Version
And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
New English Translation
and saying,“If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
World English Bible
A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
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But Jesus turning unto them said, ‹Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.›
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‹For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed› [are] ‹the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.›
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‹Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.›
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‹For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?›
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And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
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And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
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Then said Jesus, ‹Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.› And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
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And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
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And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.