The Lament over Jerusalem

31 At that same hour some Pharisees came up and[a] said to him, “Go out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill you!” 32 And he said to them, “Go and[b] tell that fox, ‘Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.’[c] 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[d] a hen gathers[e] her own brood under her[f] 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[g] will come when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 13:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 13:32 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 13:34 Literally “in the manner in which”
  5. Luke 13:34 Here the term “gathers” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  6. Luke 13:34 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  7. Luke 13:35 The words “the time” are not in the Greek text but are implied
  8. Luke 13:35 A quotation from Ps 118:26