Luke 19:41-48

41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.

42He said, ‘You need to know what would really help you. Then you could have lived without trouble. But now, you are unable to understand properly.

43As a result, days of trouble will come to you. Your enemies will build a wall round you. They will shut you in completely, and they will not let you leave.

44So your enemies will knock you down. They will completely destroy your city and all the people who live in it. They will not leave even one stone on top of another stone. You did not understand that God had come to save you at this time. That is why these bad things will happen to you.’

45Jesus went into the yard of the temple. Some people were selling things there. He began to make them all leave that place.

46He said to them, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’

47Jesus was teaching every day in the temple. The leaders of the priests and teachers of God's Law wanted to kill him. Some other important people also wanted to kill him.

48But all the people were listening to him very carefully. They wanted to hear everything that he was saying. So those leaders did not know how they could kill him.