Matthew 23:38

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And now your temple will be deserted.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

I will no longer let my people Israel live in this land I gave them. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshipped. Then people everywhere will think this nation is only a joke and will make fun of it.

Psalm 69:24

Show them how angry you are! Be furious and catch them.

Psalm 69:25

Destroy their camp and don't let anyone live in their tents.

Isaiah 5:9

But the LORD All-Powerful has made this promise to me: Those large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you ignore me, I promise in my own name that this palace will lie in ruins.

Daniel 9:26

At the end of the sixty-two weeks, the Chosen Leader will be killed and left with nothing. A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.

Zephaniah 3:6

The LORD wiped out nations and left fortresses crumbling in the dust. Their streets and towns were reduced to ruins and emptied of people.

Zechariah 11:6

Tend those sheep because I, the LORD, will no longer have pity on the people of this earth. I'll turn neighbour against neighbour and make them slaves of a king. They will bring disaster on the earth, and I'll do nothing to rescue any of them.

Matthew 24:2

Jesus replied, “Do you see these buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”

Mark 13:14

Some day you will see that “Horrible Thing” where it should not be. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains.

Luke 13:35

Now your temple will be deserted. You won't see me again until the time when you say, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.”

Luke 21:20

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by soldiers, you will know that it will soon be destroyed.

Luke 21:24

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.

Luke 21:6

“Do you see these stones? The time is coming when not one of them will be left in place. They will all be knocked down.”