World English Bible
Matthew 27:42
“He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
40
and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!
41
Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
42
He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
43
He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.
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The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
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