Matthew 23:39
For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
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38See, your house is made waste.
Cross References
Psalms 118:26A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.
Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.
Matthew 21:9And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
Luke 10:22All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
John 8:21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
John 8:56Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:35-39
The Doom of the Pharisees; The Guilt and Doom of Jerusalem. 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall… Read the whole commentary →