25. He set free the man they wanted, the one who had been put in prison for riot and murder, and he handed Jesus over for them to do as they wished.
26. The soldiers led Jesus away, and as they were going, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon who was coming into the city from the country. They seized him, put the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
27. A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him.
28. Jesus turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem! Don't cry for me, but for yourselves and your children.
29. For the days are coming when people will say, ‘How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who never nursed them!’
30. That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Hide us!’
31. For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”