Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

New American Standard Bible

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Holman Bible

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

International Standard Version

He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

A Conservative Version

And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.

American Standard Version

And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Amplified

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”

An Understandable Version

But He answered them, "I tell you, if these people remain quiet [about me], [then] the stones will shout [about it]."

Anderson New Testament

And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

Bible in Basic English

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

Common New Testament

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

Daniel Mace New Testament

but he answer'd them, if they should be silent, the stones would exclaim.

Darby Translation

And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

Godbey New Testament

and He responding said to them, I say unto you, that if these may keep silent, the rocks will cry out.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!"

John Wesley New Testament

And he answering said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Julia Smith Translation

And having answered, he said to them, I say to you that if these should be silent, the stones shall cry out.

King James 2000

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

Modern King James verseion

And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He answered, and said unto them, "I tell you, if these should hold their peace, the stones would cry."

Moffatt New Testament

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

Montgomery New Testament

"I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

NET Bible

He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

New Heart English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Noyes New Testament

And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

Sawyer New Testament

And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent the stones would cry out.

The Emphasized Bible

And he answered and said - I tell you - If, these, shall hold their peace, the stones, will cry out.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he replying said to them. I tell you that, should these be silent, the very stones would cry out.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But Jesus answered: "I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out."

Webster

And he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Weymouth New Testament

"I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out."

World English Bible

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Worrell New Testament

And, answering, He said, "I tell you that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!"

Worsley New Testament

And He answered them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

and said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

I tell
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

σιωπάω 
Siopao 
Usage: 8

the stones
λίθος 
Lithos 
Usage: 41

References

Watsons

Context Readings

The Triumphal Entry

39 Then some Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, reprove your disciples." 40 But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!" 41 As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it,

Cross References

Matthew 21:15-16

But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather? For I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

Matthew 27:45

Now from twelve o'clock till three, darkness covered the whole land.

Matthew 27:51-54

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

2 Peter 2:6

and if He condemned, by burning them to ashes, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, making them an example to godless people of what was coming to them,

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