Luke 13:31-35

Lament over Jerusalem

31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from ¹here, for ²Herod wants to kill you. ”

32 And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ³I finish my course.

33 Nevertheless, ⁴I ⁵must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that ⁶a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem. ’

34 ⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ⁸kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ⁹How often would I have ¹⁰gathered ¹¹your children together ¹²as a hen gathers her brood ¹³under her wings, and ¹⁴you were not willing!

35 Behold, ¹⁵your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ¹⁶‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ’”

Cross References

• 1. 13:31 [Matt. 19:1; Mark 10:1]
• 2. 13:31 See ch. 3:1
• 3. 13:32 [See Heb. 2:10; 5:9; 7:28]
• 4. 13:33 [John 11:9]
• 5. 13:33 Acts 3:21; 17:3
• 6. 13:33 See Matt. 21:11
• 7. 13:34 For ver. 34, 35, see Matt. 23:37-39; [ch. 19:41-44]
• 8. 13:34 See Matt. 21:35
• 9. 13:34 [Matt. 26:55]
• 10. 13:34 [Ps. 147:2; Prov. 1:24]
• 11. 13:34 ch. 23:28
• 12. 13:34 [Deut. 32:11, 12]
• 13. 13:34 Ruth 2:12
• 14. 13:34 John 5:40
• 15. 13:35 [Isa. 64:11; Jer. 12:7; 22:5]
• 16. 13:35 ch. 19:38; Cited from Ps. 118:26