Luke 19:40
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting."

New Revised Standard Version
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus answered, "If they keep quiet, these stones will start shouting."

New American Bible
He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

Psalm 98:7-9 Let the sea be moved and the fullness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein. . . .

Psalm 114:1-8 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: . . .

Isaiah 55:12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.

Habakkuk 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

Matthew 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Matthew 21:15,16 And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the temple and saying: Hosanna to the son of David, were moved with indignation, . . .

Matthew 27:45,51-54 Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour. . . .

2 Peter 2:6 And reducing the cities of the Sodomites and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly,

Context
The Triumphal Entry
39And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. 41And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:…
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

Luke 19:41
And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:

Luke 19:39
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