Luke 23:27-29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. 28 (A)Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, 29 for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’
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