26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
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A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
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Jesus turned and said to them, âDaughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For the time will come when you will say, âBlessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!â
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Then â âthey will say to the mountains, âFall on us!â and to the hills, âCover us!â â[a]
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For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?â