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Matthew 23:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. "

Matthew 23:38

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36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

39 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.

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Psalms 69:25

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"Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents."

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Jeremiah 22:5

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"But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation."

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Luke 13:35

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Isaiah 5:9

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"In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant."

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Luke 21:24

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"And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."

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Ecclesiastes 7:16

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"Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy"

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From This Chapter

Matthew 23:1

"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,"

Matthew 23:2

"Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:"

Matthew 23:3

"All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not."

Matthew 23:4

"For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."

Matthew 23:5

"But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,"

Matthew 23:6

"And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,"
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