They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for
himself.
And as they came out, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, the
father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the
country; him they compelled to go with them, and laid on him the
cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women
who bewailed and lamented him.
But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not
for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold,
the days are coming, in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren,
and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.'
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to
the hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do these things in the green tree,
what shall be done in the dry?"
And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to
death.