Mat 23:37 | HCSB | STEP | “Jerusalem , Jerusalem ! She 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 chicks under her wings , yet you were not willing !

Matthew 23:37

Jesus’ Lamentation over Jerusalem

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! ^a She 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 chicks ^{▼▼Or as a mother bird gathers her young} under her wings, yet you were not willing! ^c