55 Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.(A)

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and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene)(A) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s(B) household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

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25 Near the cross(A) of Jesus stood his mother,(B) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(C) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(D) there, and the disciple whom he loved(E) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.

48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts(A) and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,(B) stood at a distance,(C) watching these things.

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27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed(A) for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.(B)

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