Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Jeremiah 6:8
Be warned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants."

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling.

Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city--figuratively called Sodom and Egypt--where their Lord was also crucified.

thou.

Matthew 23:30
And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and celebrate, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Matthew 21:35, 36
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. . . .

Matthew 22:6
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

2 Chronicles 24:21, 22
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. . . .

Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets who had admonished them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Jeremiah 2:30
"I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.

Jeremiah 26:23
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and threw his body into the burial place of the common people.

Mark 12:3-6
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. . . .

Luke 20:11-14
So he sent another servant, but they beat him and humiliated him, sending him away empty-handed. . . .

Acts 7:51, 52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

Revelation 11:7
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and of the witnesses for Jesus. And I was greatly astonished at the sight of her.

how.

2 Chronicles 36:15, 16
Time and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers, because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. . . .

Psalm 81:8-11
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! . . .

Jeremiah 6:16, 17
This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: Where is the good way? Then walk in it and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it!' . . .

Jeremiah 11:7, 8
For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them time and time again, saying, "Obey My voice." . . .

Jeremiah 25:3-7
"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day--twenty-three years--the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. . . .

Jeremiah 35:15
Time and time again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: 'Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

Jeremiah 42:9-13
Jeremiah told them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition: . . .

Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'

Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your forefathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

even.

Deuteronomy 32:11, 12
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them; He carried them on His pinions. . . .

Ruth 2:12
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge."

Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 36:7
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 57:1
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalm 63:7
For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

and ye.

Matthew 22:3
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

Proverbs 1:24-31
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, . . .

Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and they die of thirst.

Hosea 11:2, 7
But the more I called them, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. . . .

Luke 14:17-20
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' . . .

Luke 15:28
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

Luke 19:14-44
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.' . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

King James Bible
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

International Standard Version
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

NET Bible
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that murdered The Prophets and stoned those who were sent to it! How many times have I desired to gather your children, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!
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