Luke 23:29

New American Bible - revised edition

for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And better off than both is the yet unborn, who has not seen the wicked work that is done under the sun.

Matthew 24:19

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days.

Luke 11:27

While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”

Luke 23:28

Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children,