Luke 23:26–49

The Crucifixion

²⁶ⁱAnd as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^jmourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹For behold, ^kthe days are coming when they will say, ^l‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ^30mThen they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹For ⁿif they do these things when ^othe wood is green, what will happen ^owhen it is dry?”

^32pTwo others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ^33qAnd when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^pone on his right and one on his left. ³⁴And Jesus said, “Father, ^rforgive them, ^sfor they know not what they do.”² And they cast lots ^tto divide his garments. ³⁵And ^uthe people stood by, watching, ^vbut ^wthe rulers ^xscoffed at him, saying, ^y“He saved others; ^zlet him save himself, ^aif he is ^bthe Christ of God, ^chis Chosen One!” ³⁶The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^doffering him sour wine ³⁷and saying, ^e“If you are ^fthe King of the Jews, save yourself!” ^38gThere was also an inscription over him,³ “This is ^fthe King of the Jews.”

^39hOne of the criminals who were hanged ⁱrailed at him,⁴ saying, “Are you not ^jthe Christ? Save yourself and us!” ⁴⁰But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴²And he said, “Jesus, remember me ^kwhen you come into your kingdom.” ⁴³And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^lparadise.”

The Death of Jesus

^44mIt was now about the sixth hour,⁵ and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,^{6 45}while the sun’s light failed. And ⁿthe curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶Then Jesus, ^ocalling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^pinto your hands I ^qcommit my spirit!” And having said this ^rhe breathed his last. ⁴⁷Now ^swhen the centurion saw what had taken place, ^the praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” ⁴⁸And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home ^ubeating their breasts. ⁴⁹And all ^vhis acquaintances and ^wthe women who had followed him from Galilee ^xstood at a distance watching these things.