Luke 13:35

Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

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In The King James Version

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

In Context

34"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.

Psalms 118:26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up.I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.

Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Jeremiah 22:5But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation."

Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:32-35

Christ's Message to Herod. 31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that… Read the whole commentary →

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