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Luke 23:29

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For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

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Luke 23:29 in other translations

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

Luke 23:29 · American Standard Version

Luke 23:29 in context

  1. 27A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
  2. 28But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
  3. 29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’
  4. 30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
  5. 31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”