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Luke 19:40
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38 saying:
a“ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’
bPeace in heaven and glory in the highest!”  
39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
40 But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, athe stones would immediately cry out.”  

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and awept over it,  
42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this ayour day, the things that bmake for your cpeace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.  
43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will abuild an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,  
44 aand level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and bthey will not leave in you one stone upon another, cbecause you did not know the time of your visitation.”  

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

45 aThen He went into the temple and began to drive out those who1 bought and sold in it,  
46 saying to them, “It is written, a‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a b‘den of thieves.’ ”  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Luke 19:40

If these should hold their peace, the stones, which lie before you, would cry out - That is, God would raise up some still more unlikely instruments to declare his praise. For the power of God will not return empty.


 
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