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Luke 23:28

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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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Luke 23:28 in other translations

But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Luke 23:28 · World English Bible

Luke 23:28 in context

  1. 26And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
  2. 27And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
  3. 28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
  4. 29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
  5. 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.