Luke 23:31
For if they do these things when the wood is green, what shall happen when it is dry?
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
In Context
30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us.
32And there were also two others, criminals, who were led away with him to be put to death.
Cross References
John 15:6If a man does not abide in me, he is thrown away as a branch, and withers; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
1 Peter 4:17For the time has come for judgment, which must begin with the household of God: and if it begins with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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 →