Luke 23:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

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  • 86%

    38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    39 And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

    40 But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

  • 85%

    34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

    35 And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

    36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

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    36 And they were seated there watching him.

    37 And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

    40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

    42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

    43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

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    26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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    29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

    30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

    31 In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.

    32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

    3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

  • 2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

  • 21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

  • 11 And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

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    32 (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

    33 Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

    35 Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?

  • 49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

  • 21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

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    22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

    23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

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    12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

    13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

  • 19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  • 14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

  • 39 But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

  • 29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

  • 3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

  • 9 And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

  • 18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

  • 30 They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.

  • 47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

  • 23 But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

  • 7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.

  • 36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

  • 42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.