Cross References

Luke 23:27

New English Translation

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

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I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.