Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³¹ At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus. They said to him, `Go away from here. Herod wants to kill you.'

³² He said, `Go and tell that fox, "I drive bad spirits out of people and heal people. I do it today and tomorrow. On the third day I will finish what I am doing."

³³ But I must go on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day. A prophet of God cannot be killed outside of Jerusalem.

³⁴ `O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets of God. You throw stones to kill men who are sent to you. How often I have wanted to gather your people together as a mother hen gathers her little ones under her wings. But you would not come!

³⁵ Now you are left alone in your house. I tell you this. You will not see me again until the time when you say, "God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord." '