He answered, ¹  “I tell you, if they ²  keep silent, the very stones ³  will cry out!”

biblegateway Luk 19:40

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

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

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

biblegateway Luk 19:40

"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

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

bibleoremus Luk 19:40

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

He answered, “I tell you, if my disciples are silent the stones will shout aloud.”

biblegateway Luk 19:40

But He answered and said to them, "I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out."

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

biblegateway Luk 19:40

He answered, ¹  “I tell you, if they ²  keep silent, the very stones ³  will cry out!”

¹ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “these.”

³ sn This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.