Matthew 23:39

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“For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’””

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Read Matthew 23:39 in the flow of Matthew23 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Matthew23 to see the surrounding context.

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“For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 23:39 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 118:26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
  2. Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  3. Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
  4. Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  5. Matthew 21:9The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
  6. Luke 2:26The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  7. Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  8. Luke 17:22Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
  9. John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
  10. John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  11. John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
  12. John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
  13. John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  14. Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  15. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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