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THE LIFE AND MORALS

15 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

16 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

17 ¶ And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

18 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha:

19 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

20 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews.

21 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

22 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

23 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.