Matthew 23:37-39

Good News Translation

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem^(A)

³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me! ³⁸^(B)And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty. ³⁹^(C)From now on, I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, ‘God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

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Matthew 23:37-39

New International Version

³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,^(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(B) and you were not willing. ³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate.^(C) ³⁹For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’^[a]”^(D)