25. So he released the man who had been imprisoned for rebellion and murder, for whom they asked, and he handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they wished.
26. As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus.
27. A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him.
28. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children,
29. for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’
30. At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
31. for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?”
32. Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed.
33. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left.
34. [Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”] They divided his garments by casting lots.
35. The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God.”