Matthew 23:37-39

Lament over Jerusalem

37 "¹Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who ²kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, ³the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling *.

38 "Behold, ⁴your house is being left to you desolate!

39 "For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, '⁵BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 23:37-39: {Luke 13:34, 35}
• 2. Matthew 5:12
• 3. Ruth 2:12
• 4. 1 Kings 9:7; Jeremiah 22:5
• 5. Psalms 118:26; Matthew 21:9