New Revised Standard NRS
New International Version NIV
41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,
41
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
42 saying, "If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
42
and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
43 Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side.
43
The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
44
They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there;
45
When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46 and he said, "It is written, "My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."
46
“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him;
47
Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.
48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard.
48
Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.