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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.’ ”  
Verse Comparison: Luke 19:40

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American Standard Version
And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Amplified® Bible
He replied, I tell you that if these keep silent, the very stones will cry out.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus answered, "If they keep quiet, these stones will start shouting."

Darby English Version
And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

Good News Bible
Jesus answered, "I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting."

International Standard Version
He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

King James Version
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"

New International Version
"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

New King James Version
But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"

Young's Literal Translation
and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'


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