Luke 23:28

and Jesus having turned to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children;

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In The King James Version

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

In Context

27And a great multitude of the people were following Him, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting Him,

29for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck;

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:5I [am] dark and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, as tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 3:5I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, || By the roes or by the does of the field, || Do not stir up nor wake the love until she pleases!

Song of Solomon 5:8I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, || If you find my beloved—What do you tell him? That I [am] sick with love!

Song of Solomon 8:4I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, || How you stir up, || And how you wake the love until she pleases!

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32

The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →

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