King James Version (KJV)

Luke 19:40

“And he answered and said unto them, ‹I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.›”

Verse in context — Luke 19

Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

And he answered and said unto them, ‹I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.›

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

Saying, ‹If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things› [which belong] ‹unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.›

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