Luke 23:18-33

¹⁸But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

¹⁹Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life.

²⁰And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

²¹But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

²²And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

²³But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

²⁴And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.

²⁵And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

²⁶And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.

²⁷And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

²⁸But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.

²⁹For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

³⁰And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.

³¹For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

³²And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

³³And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.