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The Book of Luke, Chapter 23, Verse 28

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And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
King James Version
But Jesus turning unto them said, ‹Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.›
American Standard Version
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
New English Translation
There was also an inscription over him,“This is the king of the Jews.”
World English Bible
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 the which they shall say, Blessed› [are] ‹the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.›
30
‹Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.›
31
‹For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?›
32
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33
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.
34
Then said Jesus, ‹Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.› And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35
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.
36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.