Luke 23:26-46

New International Version

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(A)

²⁶As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(B) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^(C) ²⁷A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed^(D) for him. ²⁸Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.^(E) ²⁹For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’^(F) ³⁰Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
and to the hills, “Cover us!”’^[a]^(G)

³¹For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”^(H)

³²Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.^(I) ³³When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. ³⁴Jesus said, “Father,^(J) forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[b]^(K) And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^(L)

³⁵The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.^(M) They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”^(N)

³⁶The soldiers also came up and mocked him.^(O) They offered him wine vinegar^(P) ³⁷and said, “If you are the king of the Jews,^(Q) save yourself.”

³⁸There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.^(R)

³⁹One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”^(S)

⁴⁰But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”^(T)

⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[c]”^(U)

⁴³Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(V)

The Death of Jesus^(W)

⁴⁴It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^(X) ⁴⁵for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(Y) was torn in two.^(Z) ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(AA) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[d]^(AB) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(AC)