Matthew 27:39

Contemporary English Version 1995

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and

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When my enemies see me, they say cruel things and shake their heads.

No passerby even cares. Why doesn't someone notice my terrible sufferings? You were fiercely angry, Lord, and you punished me worst of all.

Destructive and deceitful lies are told about me,

I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none.

I can count all my bones, and my enemies just stare and sneer at me.

If I were in your place, it would be easy to criticize or to give advice.

Now this is what I say to that king: The people of Jerusalem hate and make fun of you; they laugh behind your back.

The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.

They kept on insulting Jesus in many other ways.

God has destroyed me, and so they don't care what they do.