Matthew 23:37
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
36verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
38Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
Cross References
Ruth 2:12Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'
2 Chronicles 36:15And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers — rising early and sending — for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,
Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.
Psalms 57:1To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.
Psalms 81:8Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
Proverbs 1:24Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
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 →