Luke 23:28–36
28But Jesus, turning to them, said,“Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.↗
29For 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.’↗
30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’↗
31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”↗
32There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.↗
33When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.↗
34Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.↗
35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”↗
36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,↗
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