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30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”[a]

32 Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.

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  1. 23.31 One does not burn green wood. The meaning is, that, if an innocent man is thus punished, what must the guilty (dry wood) expect?

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