Luke 23:29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:3

but better than both is the one who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Matthew 24:19

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days!

Luke 11:27

While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!”

Luke 23:28

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.