Matthew 23:37-39

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ¹“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ²kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ³gathered ⁴your children together ⁵as a hen gathers her brood ⁶under her wings, and ⁷you were not willing!

38 See, ⁸your house is left to you desolate.

39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ⁹‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. ’”

Cross References

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