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Luke 23 💬 📚 📜 📕 ↷
27 And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women which bewailed and lamented him.
28 But JESUS turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not upon me, but weep upon your selves, and upon your children.
29 For behold the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not born, & the paps that have not given suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us: and to the hills, Cover us.
31 For if in the green wood they do these things, in the dry what shall be done?
32 And there were led also other two malefactors with him, to be executed.
33 And after they came to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him: and the thieves, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
34 And JESUS said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they dividing his garments, did cast lots.
35 And the people stood beholding, and the Princes with them derided him, saying: Others he hath saved, let him save himself, if this be Christ, the elect of God.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37 saying: If thou be the King of the Jews, save thy self.
38 And there was also a superscription written over him in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew letters: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 And one of those thieves that were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thy self, and us.
40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither doest thou fear God, where as thou art in the same damnation?
41 And we indeed justly, for we receive worthy of our doings: but this man hath done no evil.
42 And he said to JESUS: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy Kingdom.
43 And JESUS said to him: Amen I say to thee; this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.
Death of Jesus
44 And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was made darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour.
45 And the sun was darkened; and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And JESUS crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my Spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost.
47 And the Centurion seeing that which was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this man was just.
48 And all the multitude of them that were present together at that sight, and saw the things that were done, returned knocking their breasts.
49 And all his acquaintance stood a far off, and the women that had followed him from Galilee, seeing these things.
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