Luke 23:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.”

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BSBPD

“A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 23:27 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 27:55And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
  2. Mark 15:40And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
  3. Luke 8:2as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
  4. Luke 8:52Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
  5. Luke 23:55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

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