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 would not!

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. For ver. 37-39, see Luke 13:34, 35; [Luke 19:41-44]
• 2. See Matthew 21:35
• 3. [Psalms 147:2; Proverbs 1:24]
• 4. Luke 23:28
• 5. [Deuteronomy 32:11, 12]
• 6. Ruth 2:12
• 7. John 5:40
• 8. [Isaiah 64:11; Jeremiah 12:7; Jeremiah 22:5]
• 9. Matthew 21:9; Cited from Psalms 118:26