Luke 23:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ A large crowd of people was following Jesus, including some women who were ·sad [mourning] and ·crying [wailing; lamenting] for him. ²⁸ But Jesus turned and said to them, “·Women [^LDaughters] of Jerusalem, don’t ·cry [weep] for me. ·Cry [Weep] for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ [^LFor look/^Tbehold] The ·time is [days are] coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are ·the women who cannot have children [^Lthe barren women and the wombs that never gave birth] and ·who have no babies to nurse [^Lthe breasts that have never nursed].’