NET Bible
"He answered,“I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”"
— Luke 19:40, NET Bible
“And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
“And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. ”
“He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."”
“To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”
“And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.”
“And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
He answered,“I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”
Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.