Luke 23:28

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem [i.e., women citizens], do not cry over me, but cry over yourselves and your children.

Cross References

Luke 23:27

A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including some women who wailed [in grief] and mourned over His plight.

Luke 23:29

For look, the time will come when people will be saying, ‘Those [women] who are without children and who have never given birth or nursed babies are [truly] happy!’

Revelation 1:7

Look, He [i.e., Jesus] is coming with [i.e., “on”] the clouds! And [then] every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him, and all the peoples of the earth will grieve because of Him [i.e., because of how they had treated Him]. So it will be. May it be so.