Matthew 23:37–38

JESUS’S LAMENTING OVER JERUSALEM

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,j 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 chicksF under her wings, but you were not willing!k 38 See, your house is left to you desolate.l

j	Lk 13:34–35
F	Or as a mother bird gathers her young
k	Dt 32:11–12 Ru 2:12 Mt 5:12
l	1 Ki 9:7 Is 64:11 Je 12:7 Je 22:5