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Luke 23:27
And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.
Luke 23:27 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 23:27 in other translations
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
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In context
24 And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
25 And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.
26 And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.
27 And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.
28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.
29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.
30 And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.
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