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21 but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him
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But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
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So Pilate decided to grant their demand.
25 And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
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He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
26 And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
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As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
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A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
28 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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Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
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For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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Then “ ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’
31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
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For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
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