They said to Jesus, “Do you hear what these [children] are saying [about you]?” Jesus answered them, “Yes, [I do]. Have you not read [in Psa. 8:2] ‘You have ordained that praise would come from the mouths of infants and small children?’”
Luke 21:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) It will be too bad for pregnant women and those who are nursing [babies] in those days! For there will be great distress in this land [i.e., Judea, and especially Jerusalem], and raging anger [will be shown] against these people [i.e., by the Roman armies]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Alas for those who are pregnant and for those who have babies which they are nursing in those days! For great misery and anguish and distress shall be upon the land and indignation and punishment and retribution upon this people. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people. Common English Bible How terrible it will be at that time for women who are pregnant or for women who are nursing their children. There will be great agony on the earth and angry judgment on this people. Catholic Public Domain Version Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. |
They said to Jesus, “Do you hear what these [children] are saying [about you]?” Jesus answered them, “Yes, [I do]. Have you not read [in Psa. 8:2] ‘You have ordained that praise would come from the mouths of infants and small children?’”
They answered him; “He will bring terrible destruction on those evil men and will lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will deliver the crops to him each harvest time.”
And the person who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but whoever it falls on will be scattered like dust.”
It will be too bad for those who are pregnant and who are nursing babies in those days.
[It will be] too bad for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days.
But bring those enemies of mine here [i.e., the citizens. See verse 14], who did not want me to rule over them, and kill them in front of me.’'
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.
For look, the time will come when people will be saying, ‘Those [women] who are without children and who have never given birth or nursed babies are [truly] happy!’
So, because of the impending crisis, I think it is a good thing for a man to remain as he is.
for they [even] try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved. [In doing this] they are always piling up one sin on another. But the wrath [of God] has come upon them at last [or, “completely”].
But do not forget to do good deeds and share [with others], for God is very pleased with such “sacrifices.”
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
For the time has [now] come for the house of God [the church, See I Tim. 3:15] to begin receiving judgment [i.e., by undergoing persecution], and if it starts with us [Christians], what will be the [ultimate] end of people who do not obey the Gospel of God?