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Luke 23:27

Modern English Version

A large number of people followed Him, including women who mourned and lamented Him.

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I can count all my bones; they look and stare at me.

saying: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge to you, and you did not mourn.’

Many women who were there watching from afar followed Jesus from Galilee, serving Him,

There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph, and Salome.

Jesus turned to them, saying, “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

The women who came with Him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out,

All wept and mourned for her. But He said, “Do not weep. She is not dead but sleeping.”

Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.