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Luke 19:39-43 Good News Bible (GNB)

39. Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “command your disciples to be quiet!”

40. Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.”

41. He came closer to the city, and when he saw it, he wept over it,

42. saying, “If you only knew today what is needed for peace! But now you cannot see it!

43. The time will come when your enemies will surround you with barricades, blockade you, and close in on you from every side.