Luke 23:29

New Century Version

The time is coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the women who cannot have children and who have no babies to nurse.’

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But those who have never been born are better off still; they have not seen the evil that is done here on earth.

Hosea 13:16

The nation of Israel will be ruined, because it fought against God. The people of Israel will die in war; their children will be torn to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Matthew 24:19

At that time, how terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or have nursing babies!

Luke 11:27

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out to Jesus, “Blessed is the mother who gave birth to you and nursed you.”

Luke 23:28

But Jesus turned and said to them, “Women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children.