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Luke 23:29-31
Contemporary English Version
Luke 23:29-31
Contemporary English Version
29 Someday people will say, “Women who never had children are really fortunate!” 30 (A) At that time everyone will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” They will say to the hills, “Hide us!” 31 If this can happen when the wood is green, what do you think will happen when it is dry?[a]
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- 23.31 If this can happen when the wood is green, what do you think will happen when it is dry: This saying probably means, “If this can happen to an innocent person, what do you think will happen to one who is guilty?”
Luke 23:29-31
New International Version
Luke 23:29-31
New International Version
29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’(A) 30 Then
31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”(C)
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- Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8
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