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38 "Blessed is the King," they cried, "who comes in the name of the Lord: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."
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“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 Thereupon some of the Pharisees in the crowd appealed to Him, saying, "Rabbi, reprove your disciples."
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Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40 "I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out."
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“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
41 When He came into full view of the city, He wept aloud over it, and exclaimed,
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As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
42 "O that at this time thou hadst known--yes even thou--what makes peace possible! But now it is hid from thine 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 For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee 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 And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee, and will not leave one stone upon another within thee; because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation."
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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 and proceeded to drive out the dealers.
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When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46 "It is written," He said, "`And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
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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 And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of 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 could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.
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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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