Matthew 23:38

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me (?)].

Cross References

Matthew 24:2

He responded to them by saying, “Do you see all these structures? Truly I tell you, there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down.”

Mark 13:14

`But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains.

Luke 13:35

Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me (?)]. You will not see me until [the time when] you will be saying, ‘Praise the One who is coming in the name of the Lord.’”

Luke 21:20

“So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.

Luke 21:24

And people will die by the sword and be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the [unconverted] Gentiles [i.e., by the Romans and later by others] until the times of [domination by] the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Luke 21:6

“As for these things you are looking at, the time will come when there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down.”