There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.
'We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not mourned.'
There were many women there, watching from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee and had been attending on him.
There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome--
So Jesus turned and said to them: "Women 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 saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,
As well as some women who had been cured of wicked spirits and of infirmities. They were Mary, known as Mary of Magdala (from whom seven demons had been expelled),
And every one was weeping and mourning for her. "Do not weep," Jesus said, "she is not dead; she is asleep."
In truth I tell you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will suffer pain, but your pain shall turn to joy.