Luke 23:29-39

29 Look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!'

30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' ^[a]

31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

Crucified between Two Criminals

32 Two others-criminals-were also led away to be executed with Him.

33 When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. [

34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing." ]^[b] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.^[c]

35 The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: "He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God's Messiah, the Chosen One!"

36 The soldiers also mocked Him. They came offering Him sour wine

37 and said, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!"

38 An inscription was above Him:^[d] THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS

39 Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at^[e] Him: "Aren't You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!"

Footnotes

• [a] Hs 10:8
• [b] Other mss omit bracketed text
• [c] Ps 22:18
• [d] Ps 69:22 LXX
• [e] Other mss add written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew letters
• [f] Or began to blaspheme