Luke 23:29

Good News Translation

For the days are coming when people will say, ‘How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who never nursed them!’

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria must be punished for rebelling against me. Her people will die in war; babies will be dashed to the ground, and pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Matthew 24:19

How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!

Luke 11:27

When Jesus had said this, a woman spoke up from the crowd and said to him, “How happy is the woman who bore you and nursed you!”

Luke 23:28

Jesus turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem! Don't cry for me, but for yourselves and your children.