Luke 23:27-49

27Following Him was a large crowd of the people, including women who were mourning and wailing for Him.

28But Jesus, turning toward them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have never nursed.’

30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

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

32Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be executed with Him.

33When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

34And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing His clothes among themselves.

35Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

36The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him and [cruelly] offering Him sour wine,

37and sarcastically saying, “If you are [really] the King of the Jews, save Yourself [from death]!”

38Now there was also an inscription above Him: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

39One of the criminals who had been hanged [on a cross beside Him] kept hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us [from death]!”

40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

41We are suffering justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done; but this Man has done nothing wrong.”

42And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

43Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

44It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),

45because the sun was obscured; and the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two [from top to bottom].

46And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!” Having said this, He breathed His last.

47Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he began praising and honoring God, saying, “Certainly this Man was innocent.”

48All the crowds who had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had happened, began to return [to their homes], beating their breasts [as a sign of mourning or repentance].

49And all His acquaintances and the women who had accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, watching these things.