18. But they all cried out at once saying, “Take this Man away and release Barabbas to us!”
19. This man had been thrown in prison for an insurrection in the city and for murder.
20. Therefore Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus.
21. But they cried out, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
22. He said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found in Him no cause worthy of death. I will therefore chastise Him and release Him.”
23. But they insisted with loud voices, asking that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.
24. So Pilate gave the sentence as they demanded.
25. He released to them the man who was thrown in prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for. But he sentenced Jesus according to their will.
26. As they led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.
27. A large number of people followed Him, including women who mourned and lamented Him.
28. Jesus turned to them, saying, “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29. Listen, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, who never bore and never nursed!’
30. Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
31. For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32. Two different men, who were criminals, also were led with Him to be killed.