Luke 19:39-48 ▼

39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude, said to him: Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

40 And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

41 And when he came near, he looked upon the city, and wept over it,

42 saying: Hadst thou known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which were for thy peace! But now, they are hid from thy eyes.

43 For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will throw up a mound about thee, and inclose thee around, and keep thee in on every side,

44 and will destroy thee and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to drive out those who were selling in it, and those who were buying,

46 and said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.

47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

48 and found nothing that they could do, for all the people hung on his words.