Luke 23:33–43

³³When they came to the place called “The Skull”, they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left. ^34*Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.”^d

They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice. ^35*The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders jeered at him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!”

^36*The soldiers also mocked him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine, ³⁷and said, “Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!”

³⁸Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”

³⁹One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

⁴⁰The other one, however, rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God? You received the same sentence he did. ⁴¹Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong.” ⁴²And he said to Jesus, “Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!”

⁴³Jesus said to him, “I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me.”