Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then a great crowd of people followed him, with women who were mourning and lamenting him. "
— Luke 23:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.”
“And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. ”
“A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.”
“A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.”
“And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.”
“And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.”
“And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.”
And so Pilate issued a judgment granting their petition.
Then he released for them the one who had been cast into prison for murder and sedition, whom they were requesting. Yet truly, Jesus he handed over to their will.
And as they were leading him away, they apprehended a certain one, Simon of Cyrene, as he was returning from the countryside. And they imposed the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
Then a great crowd of people followed him, with women who were mourning and lamenting him.
But Jesus, turning to them, said: “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me. Instead, weep over yourselves and over your children.
For behold, the days will arrive in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed.’
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall over us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’