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Luke 23:29-39

Listen to Luke 23:29-39
29 For behold, 1the days are coming when they will say, 2‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed! ’
30 3Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us, ’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us. ’
31 For 4if they do these things when 5the wood is green, what will happen 6when it is dry? ”
32 7Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
33 8And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, 9one on his right and one on his left.
34 And Jesus said, “Father, 10forgive them, 11for they know not what they do. ” [a] And they cast lots 12to divide his garments.
35 And 13the people stood by, watching, 14but 15the rulers 16scoffed at him, saying, 17“He saved others; 18let him save himself, 19if he is 20the Christ of God, 21his Chosen One! ”
36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and 22offering him sour wine
37 and saying, 23“If you are 24the King of the Jews, save yourself! ”
38 25There was also an inscription over him, [b]“This is 26the King of the Jews. ”
39 27One of the criminals who were hanged 28railed at him, [c] saying, “Are you not 29the Christ? Save yourself and us! ”

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Cross References 29

  • 1. 23:29 See ch. 17:22
  • 2. 23:29 ch. 21:23; Matt. 24:19; Mark 13:17
  • 3. 23:30 Hos. 10:8; Rev. 6:16; [Isa. 2:19]
  • 4. 23:31 [Prov. 11:31; 1 Pet. 4:17]
  • 5. 23:31 Ezek. 20:47
  • 6. 23:31 Ezek. 20:47
  • 7. 23:32 Matt. 27:38; Mark 15:27; John 19:18; [Matt. 20:21]
  • 8. 23:33 Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17
  • 9. 23:33 [See ver. 32 above]
  • 10. 23:34 Isa. 53:12; See Matt. 5:44
  • 11. 23:34 [Mark 10:38]; See Acts 3:17
  • 12. 23:34 Ps. 22:18; Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; John 19:23
  • 13. 23:35 Ps. 22:7, 17
  • 14. 23:35 Matt. 27:41, 42; Mark 15:31, 32
  • 15. 23:35 See ch. 24:20
  • 16. 23:35 ch. 16:14
  • 17. 23:35 [ch. 4:23]
  • 18. 23:35 [Matt. 26:53, 54; John 10:18]
  • 19. 23:35 [ch. 4:3, 9]
  • 20. 23:35 See ch. 9:20; Matt. 1:17
  • 21. 23:35 ch. 9:35; Isa. 42:1; [Matt. 12:18; 1 Pet. 2:4]
  • 22. 23:36 [Ps. 69:21; Matt. 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29]
  • 23. 23:37 ver. 35
  • 24. 23:37 See ver. 3
  • 25. 23:38 Matt. 27:37; Mark 15:26; John 19:19; [John 19:21, 22]
  • 26. 23:38 [See ver. 37 above]
  • 27. 23:39 [Matt. 27:44; Mark 15:32]
  • 28. 23:39 See Matt. 27:39
  • 29. 23:39 ver. 35, 37

Footnotes 3

  • [a] 23:34 Some manuscripts omit the sentence 'And Jesus . . . what they do'
  • [b] 23:38 Some manuscripts add 'in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew'
  • [c] 23:39 Or 'blasphemed him'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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