Luke 19:42

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“and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.”

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BSBPD

“and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“saying--`If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 19:42 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
  3. Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
  4. Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
  5. Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
  6. Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  7. Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
  8. Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
  9. Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
  10. Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  11. Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  12. Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  13. Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
  14. Luke 1:77to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
  15. Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
  16. Luke 10:5Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
  17. Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
  18. John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  19. John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
  20. Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  21. Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  22. Acts 28:25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
  23. Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
  24. 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

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