Luke:23:13-38
rsv@Luke:23:13 @ Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
rsv@Luke:23:14 @ and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him;
rsv@Luke:23:15 @ neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him;
rsv@Luke:23:16 @ I will therefore chastise him and release him."
rsv@Luke:23:17 @ But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barab'bas"--
rsv@Luke:23:18 @ a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.
rsv@Luke:23:19 @ Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus;
rsv@Luke:23:20 @ but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!"
rsv@Luke:23:21 @ A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him."
rsv@Luke:23:22 @ But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
rsv@Luke:23:23 @ So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted.
rsv@Luke:23:24 @ He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
rsv@Luke:23:25 @ And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
rsv@Luke:23:26 @ And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
rsv@Luke:23:27 @ But Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
rsv@Luke:23:28 @ 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 gave suck!'
rsv@Luke:23:29 @ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, `Fall on us'; and to the hills, `Cover us.'
rsv@Luke:23:30 @ For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
rsv@Luke:23:31 @ Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
rsv@Luke:23:32 @ And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
rsv@Luke:23:33 @ And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
rsv@Luke:23:34 @ And the people stood by, watching; but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
rsv@Luke:23:35 @ The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar,
rsv@Luke:23:36 @ and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
rsv@Luke:23:37 @ There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."
rsv@Luke:23:38 @ One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
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