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And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore and let him go.
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But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they had desired. But Jesus he delivered up to their will.
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And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country; and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
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And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.
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But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have not given suck.
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us.
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For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?
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And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death.