¹⁷ And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you ^[a]walk and are sad?”

²⁰ Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and ^(A)lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into ^(B)joy. ^21 (C)A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²² Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ^(D)your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(A)sorrow has filled your heart.

⁴ and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put ^(A)a mark on the foreheads of the men ^(B)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

⁵ To the others He said in my ^[a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and ^(C)kill;^{[b] (D)}do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. ^6 (E)Utterly^[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but ^(F)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and ^(G)begin at My sanctuary.” ^(H)So they began with the elders who were before the ^[d]temple.