Luke 13:34

32 But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’

33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
KJV
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
WEB
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
ASV
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
DARBY
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.
BLB
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those sent to her, how often I willed to gather your children, the way that a hen [does] her brood under the wings, and you⁺ were not willing.
ÅB
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! du som slår ihjel profetene og steiner dem som er sendt til deg! hvor ofte jeg ville samle dine barn, slik som en høne samler sine kyllinger under sine vinger! Og dere ville ikke.
OTB
Å Jerusalem, Jerusalem, du som skader profetene og steiner dem som er sendt til deg, hvor ofte har jeg ønsket å samle dine barn, som en høne samler kyllingene under vingene, men dere ville ikke.
B1930
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! du som slår ihjel profetene og stener dem som er sendt til dig! hvor ofte jeg vilde samle dine barn, likesom en høne samler sine kyllinger under sine vinger! Og I vilde ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 23:37–39

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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  • Deuteronomy 32:11–12

    As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

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  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  • Luke 19:41–42

    As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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  • Isaiah 30:15

    For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”

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  • Jeremiah 7:23–24

    but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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  • Hosea 11:2

    But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

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  • Jeremiah 6:16

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

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