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And he saiduntothem the third time,Why,whatevilhathhedone ? I have foundnocause of deathinhim: I willthereforechastisehim, and let him go .
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And they were instant with loudvoices,requiring that he might be crucified . And the voices of themand of the chief priestsprevailed .
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AndPilate gave sentence that it should be astheyrequired.
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And he released unto them him that forseditionandmurder was castintoprison,whom they had desired ; but he deliveredJesus to theirwill.
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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 .