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Then they all shouted out together, "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!"
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(This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.
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Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again;
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but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!
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A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him."
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But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed.
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So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted.
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He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished.
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As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
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A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.
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But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For the days are surely coming when they will say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
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Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us'; and to the hills, "Cover us.'
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For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
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When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
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[Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.
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And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!"
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The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
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and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"