Luke 23:28

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“But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

Bible Verses About Mourning

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Song of Solomon 8:4 "I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires."
Song of Solomon 5:16 "His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem."
Song of Solomon 1:5 "I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains."
Song of Solomon 5:8 "I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love."
Song of Solomon 2:7 "I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires."
Song of Solomon 3:10 "He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jeru…"
Song of Solomon 3:5 "I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires."

Commentary

not for me, &c.--noble spirit of compassion, rising above His own dread endurances, in tender commiseration of sufferings yet in the distance and far lighter, but without His supports and consolations!

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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