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Luke 23:31
For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
Luke 23:31 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 23:31 in other translations
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”
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In context
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.
31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
32 And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.
33 And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.
34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
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