Mourning for the Pierced One

^10 (A)“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will ^(B)look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him ^(C)as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

¹⁰ So the people asked him, saying, ^(A)“What shall we do then?”

¹² Then ^(A)tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

¹⁴ Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”

So he said to them, “Do not ^[a]intimidate anyone ^(A)or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

⁸ And when He has ^(A)come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: