Jesus Bids the Women to Weep not for Him
| Secondary Keywords | carries cross crucifixion easter Jesus new passion testament weep women |
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| Scriptures | Luke 23:26-32 Mark 15:21 Matthew 27:32 |
Luke 2326 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.29 For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”32 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. Mark 1521 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. Matthew 2732 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. | |








