Luke 19:40 - Easy To Read Version

⁴⁰ But Jesus answered, “I tell you, these things must be said. If my followers don’t say these things, then these rocks will say them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ He replied, I tell you that if these keep silent, the very stones will cry out. [Hab. 2:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would shout.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And he said to them, "I tell you, that if these will keep silent, the stones themselves will cry out."

Luke 19:40 Cross References

Psalm 96:11

Be happy, heavens!\par Rejoice, earth!\par Sea and everything in it, shout with joy!\par

Isaiah 55:12

My words will go out with happiness,\par and they will bring peace.\par Mountains and hills will begin dancing with happiness.\par All the trees in the fields will clap their hands.\par

Habakkuk 2:11

The stones of the walls will cry out against you. Even the wooden rafters {\cf2\super [9]} in your own house will agree that you are wrong.

Matthew 27:45

At noon the whole country became dark. This darkness continued for three hours.

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think that you can boast and say to yourselves, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.

Luke 19:41

Jesus came near Jerusalem. He saw the city and began to cry for it.

2 Peter 2:6

And God also punished the \{evil\} cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [7]} God burned those cities until there was nothing left but ashes. God made those cities be an example to show what will happen to people who are against God.