Luke 23:26–49

Jesus Is Crucified

²⁶And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain man of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and^* placed the cross on him, to carry it^* behind Jesus. ²⁷And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting 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, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!’ 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 wood is green,^h what will happen when it is dry?”ⁱ

³²And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. ³³And when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on his right and the other on his left. ³⁴⟦But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”⟧^j And they cast lots to divide his clothes. ³⁵And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed him,^* saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Christ^k of God, the Chosen One!” ³⁶And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and^* offering him sour wine ³⁷and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!” ³⁸And there was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

³⁹And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself—and us!” ⁴⁰But the other answered and^* rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation? ⁴¹And we indeed justly, for we are receiving what we deserve^l for what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!” ⁴²And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!” ⁴³And he said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Jesus Dies on the Cross

⁴⁴And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour ⁴⁵because^* the light of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart down the middle. ⁴⁶And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!”^m And after he^* said this, he expired.

⁴⁷Now when^* the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise^* God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous!” ⁴⁸And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, when they^* saw the things that had happened, returned home^* beating their^* breasts. ⁴⁹And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these things, stood at a distance.