Luke 23:29

A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said – ‘Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!’

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In The King James Version

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

In Context

28So Jesus turned and said to them, “Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

30At that time people will begin to say to the mountains ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills ‘Cover us.’

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Cross References

Hosea 9:12Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them until not one is left. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

Matthew 24:19Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!

Luke 21:23Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32

The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →

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