Luke 17:37
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.””
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““Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they answering say to him, `Where, sir?' and he said to them, `Where the body <FI>is<Fi> , there will the eagles be gathered together.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 17:37 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 39:29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
- Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- Zechariah 13:8And in all the land,declares the LORD,two-thirds will be cut off and perish,but a third will be left in it.
- Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Matthew 24:28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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