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Luke 23:32-43 NIV
32 Two other men, both
criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
33 When they came to the place
called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the
criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.
34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive
them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up
his clothes by casting lots.
35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at
him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the
Christ of God, the Chosen One."
36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him
wine vinegar
37 and said, "If you are the
king of the Jews, save yourself."
38 There was a written notice above him, which read:|sc THIS
IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him:
"Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God,"
he said, "since you are under the same sentence?
41 We are punished justly, for
we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing
wrong."
42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom."
43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will
be with me in paradise."
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