Luke 13:31-35

The Lament over Jerusalem

31 At [that] same hour some Pharisees came up [and] said to him, "Go out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

32 And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

33 Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

35 Behold, your house has been left to you! And I tell you, you will never see me until [the time] will come when you say, 'Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came up") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [d] Literally "in the manner in which"
• [e] *Here the term "[gathers]" is not in the Greek text but is implied
• [f] Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [g] *The words "[the time]" are not in the Greek text but are implied
• [h] A quotation from Ps 118:26