Matthew 23:37
Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, the ones that kill the Neviim and stone those having been sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your yeladim, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you were not willing!
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
36Omein, I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
Cross References
Ruth 2:12Hashem recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Hashem Elohei Yisroel, under Whose wings thou art come to seek refuge.
2 Chronicles 36:15And Hashem Elohei Avoteihem sent to them by His malachim, time and again; because He took pity on His people and on His Ma'on (Dwelling Place);
Psalms 17:8Be shomer over me as the apple of Thy eye; 1 hide me in the shadow of Thy wings, 1
Psalms 57:1(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam of Dovid, when he had fled from Sha'ul into the me'arah [cave]) 1
Psalms 81:8In tzoros thou calledst, and I delivered thee; 1 I answered thee in the seter ra'am (secret place of thunder); 1 I tested thee at the waters of Merivah. Selah 1
Proverbs 1:24Because I have called, and ye refused, 1 I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded; 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:35-39
The Doom of the Pharisees; The Guilt and Doom of Jerusalem. 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall… Read the whole commentary →