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Andas they ledhimaway, they laid hold upononeSimon, a Cyrenian,coming out of the country, and onhim they laid the cross, that he might bear it afterJesus.
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And there followedhim a greatcompany of people,and of women,whichalsobewailedandlamentedhim.
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ButJesusturninguntothemsaid, Daughters of Jerusalem,weepnotforme,butweepforyourselves,andforyourchildren.
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For,behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren,and the wombsthatneverbare, and the papswhichnever gave suck.
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,Fallonus;and to the hills,Coverus.
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Forif they do these thingsin a greentree,what shall be donein the dry?
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And there were alsotwoother,malefactors,ledwithhim to be put to death.
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Andwhen they were cometo the place,which is calledCalvary,[a]there they crucifiedhim,and the malefactors,one*on the right hand,and the otheron the left.
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ThensaidJesus,Father,forgivethem;for they knownotwhat they do.And they partedhisraiment, and castlots.
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And the peoplestoodbeholding. And the rulersalsowiththemderided him, saying, He savedothers; let him savehimself,ifhebeChrist, the chosen of God.
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And the soldiersalsomockedhim,coming to him, andofferinghimvinegar,