Luke 21:23

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Cross-reference

Luke 19:43 Historical context

Luke 19:43 predicts the siege of Jerusalem—the same event causing the distress mentioned here, providing specific context.

Luke 23:29 Parallel

Luke 23:29 pronounces blessing on the barren in coming days, directly parallel to the woe on pregnant women during Jerusalem's distress.

Deuteronomy 28:56 describes a refined woman in siege distress, the OT curse background for the horrors faced by pregnant women here.

Deuteronomy 28:57 continues the siege curse with a woman eating her afterbirth, intensifying the same judgment scenario referenced here.

Lamentations 4:10 Historical context

Lamentations 4:10 recounts compassionate women boiling their children during Jerusalem's fall, a historical fulfillment of the distress here.

Matthew 24:19 records the identical warning about pregnant and nursing women in the Olivet Discourse—a synoptic parallel.

Mark 13:17 Parallel

Mark 13:17 is the parallel verse in the Olivet Discourse, repeating the same lament for women with infants.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 explicitly states 'wrath has come upon them' for opposing the gospel—mirroring the 'wrath against this people' in Luke.

Deuteronomy 28:50 Historical context

Deuteronomy 28:50 foretells a merciless besieging nation — the very instrument of the wrath Jesus says is coming on this people.

Daniel 12:1 Parallel

In Daniel 12:1, this same unparalleled distress is predicted for the end times — Jesus echoes that prophecy for Jerusalem's fall.

Zephaniah 1:15 describes the day of the Lord as a day of wrath and distress — the same vocabulary Jesus uses for Jerusalem's tribulation.

Jeremiah 16:2 commands celibacy as a sign of coming disaster — mirroring the sorrow for pregnant women in Luke's judgment scene.

Hosea 9:14 Parallel

Hosea 9:14 curses Israel with barrenness as judgment — a specific form of the great distress Jesus warns of here.

Deuteronomy 29:28 describes God uprooting Israel in anger — the exile that follows the great distress Jesus warns about.

Jeremiah 29:17 pronounces sword, famine, and pestilence on Jerusalem — the same judgments likely accompanying the distress Jesus describes.

1 Peter 4:17 explains that judgment begins with God's household — echoing the same eschatological distress but emphasizing its target as believers first.