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Luke 23:28

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But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

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  1. Luke 23:26

    And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

  2. Luke 23:27

    And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

  3. Luke 23:29

    For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

  4. Luke 23:30

    Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

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