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And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and
lamented him.
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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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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.
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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For
if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
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And there were also two
others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
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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.
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Then said Jesus,
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his
raiment, and cast lots.
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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.
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And the
soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
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And saying, If thou be the
king of the Jews, save thyself.
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And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save
thyself and us.
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But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou
art in the same condemnation?
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And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds:
but this man hath done nothing amiss.
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And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
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And Jesus said unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.
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And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth
until the ninth hour.
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And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
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Now when the centurion saw what was done,
he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
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And all the people that came together
to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
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And all
his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these
things.
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And, behold,
there was
a man named Joseph, a counsellor;
and he was
a good man, and a
just:
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(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;)
he was
of Arimathaea, a
city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
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This
man
went unto Pilate,
and begged the body of Jesus.
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And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a
sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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And that day was the
preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
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And the women also, which came with him from Galilee,
followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
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And they returned, and
prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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