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Luke 19:40

Conservative English Version

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

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Tell the heavens and the earth to be glad and celebrate! Command the ocean to roar with all of its creatures

When you are set free, you will celebrate and travel home in peace. Mountains and hills will sing as you pass by, and trees will clap.

The very stones and wood in your home will testify against you.

At noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock.

And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.

When Jesus came closer and could see Jerusalem, he cried

God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.