Luke 23:26-31

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The Crucifixion

²⁶^(A)And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^(B)mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹For behold, ^(C)the days are coming when they will say, ^(D)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ³⁰^(E)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹For ^(F)if they do these things when ^(G)the wood is green, what will happen ^(H)when it is dry?”

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Proverbs 26:1-16

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26 Like snow in summer or ^(A)rain in harvest,
    so ^(B)honor is ^(C)not fitting for a fool.
²Like ^(D)a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
    ^(E)a curse that is causeless does not alight.
³^(F)A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
    and ^(G)a rod for the back of fools.
⁴^(H)Answer not a fool according to his folly,
    lest you be like him yourself.
⁵^(I)Answer a fool according to his folly,
    lest he be ^(J)wise in his own eyes.
⁶Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
    cuts off his own feet and ^(K)drinks violence.
⁷Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸Like one who binds the stone in the sling
    is ^(L)one who gives honor to a fool.
⁹Like ^(M)a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
¹⁰Like an archer who wounds everyone
    is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.^[a]
¹¹Like ^(N)a dog that returns to his vomit
    is ^(O)a fool who repeats his folly.
¹²Do you see a man who is ^(P)wise in his own eyes?
    ^(Q)There is more hope for a fool than for him.
¹³^(R)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    There is a lion in the streets!”
¹⁴As a door turns on its hinges,
    so does a sluggard on his bed.
¹⁵^(S)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
¹⁶The sluggard is ^(T)wiser in his own eyes
    ^(U)than seven men who can answer sensibly.