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40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."
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“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
41 He approached Jerusalem. When he saw the city, he began to sob.
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As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
42 He said, "I wish you had known today what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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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 "The days will come when your enemies will arrive. They will build a wall of dirt up against your city. They will surround you and close you in on every side.
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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 You didn't recognize the time when God came to you. So your enemies will smash you to the ground. They will destroy you and all the people inside your walls. They will not leave one stone on top of another."
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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 Jesus entered the temple area. He began chasing out those who were selling there.
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When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46 He told them, "It is written that the Lord said, 'My house will be a house where people can pray.'(Isaiah 56:7) But you have made it a 'den for robbers.' "(Jeremiah 7:11)
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“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 Jesus was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests and the teachers of the law were trying to kill him. So were the leaders among the people.
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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 couldn't find any way to do it. All the people were paying close attention to his words.
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Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
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