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Luke 19:40
Luke 19:40 is verse 40 of Luke chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will 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.
World English Bible
He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
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Luke 19:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
40 “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
42 and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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Cross-references
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Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
Psalms 98:7Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Psalms 114:1When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Psalms 114:2Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
Psalms 114:4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Psalms 114:5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
Psalms 114:6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Matthew 21:15But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
Matthew 21:16“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Matthew 27:52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Matthew 27:53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
Matthew 27:54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;