Luke 19:36-44

Living Bible

^36-37 Then the crowds spread out their robes along the road ahead of him, and as they reached the place where the road started down from the Mount of Olives, the whole procession began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles Jesus had done.

³⁸ “God has given us a King!” they exulted. “Long live the King! Let all heaven rejoice! Glory to God in the highest heavens!”

³⁹ But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, “Sir, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!”

⁴⁰ He replied, “If they keep quiet, the stones along the road will burst into cheers!”

⁴¹ But as they came closer to Jerusalem and he saw the city ahead, he began to cry. ⁴² “Eternal peace was within your reach and you turned it down,” he wept, “and now it is too late. ⁴³ Your enemies will pile up earth against your walls and encircle you and close in on you, ⁴⁴ and crush you to the ground, and your children within you; your enemies will not leave one stone upon another—for you have rejected the opportunity God offered you.”