Matthew 23:37

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!

Cross References (41)

  • Luke 13:34–35 (19)

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil

  • Psalms 91:4 (18)

    He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

  • Ruth 2:12 (17)

    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you

  • Deuteronomy 32:11–12 (15)

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

  • Psalms 17:8 (13)

    Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

  • Proverbs 1:24–31 (11)

    Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

  • Nehemiah 9:26 (11)

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w

  • Jeremiah 6:16–17 (10)

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then

  • Psalms 36:7 (9)

    How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

  • Psalms 63:7 (9)

    For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

  • Psalms 57:1 (8)

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have merc

  • 2 Chronicles 24:21–22 (7)

    But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LOR

  • Hosea 11:2 (7)

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

  • Matthew 5:12 (7)

    Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you

  • Luke 14:17–20 (7)

    When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now r

  • Jeremiah 35:15 (7)

    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways

  • Matthew 23:30 (7)

    And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the bloo

  • Luke 19:14–44 (7)

    But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

  • Matthew 22:3 (7)

    He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

  • Acts 7:51–52 (6)

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (6)

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile

  • Jeremiah 42:9–13 (6)

    Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

  • Jeremiah 25:3–7 (6)

    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LOR

  • Jeremiah 44:4 (6)

    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

  • Matthew 21:35–36 (6)

    But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

  • Revelation 11:7–8 (6)

    When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, an

  • Jeremiah 26:23 (4)

    They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into th

  • Hosea 11:7 (4)

    My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

  • Psalms 81:8–11 (4)

    Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

  • Jeremiah 6:8 (4)

    Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

  • Jeremiah 2:30 (4)

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou

  • Isaiah 50:2 (4)

    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I la

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15–16 (4)

    Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas

  • Matthew 22:6 (4)

    The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

  • Zechariah 1:4 (4)

    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now

  • Jeremiah 11:7–8 (4)

    For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, s

  • Jeremiah 4:14 (4)

    Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo

  • Revelation 17:6 (3)

    I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at t

  • Luke 20:11–14 (3)

    So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

  • Mark 12:3–6 (3)

    But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Luke 15:28 (3)

    The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.