Luke 13:34 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who continue to kill the prophets and to stone those who are sent to you! How often I have desired and yearned to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen [gathers] her young under her wings, but you would not!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ 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!

Common English Bible

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your people just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you didn’t want that.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, and you stone those who are sent to you. Daily, I wanted to gather together your children, in the manner of a bird with her nest under her wings, but you were not willing!

English Standard Version 2016

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

Luke 13:34 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs. And they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee. And they were guilty of great blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:30

And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit, by the hand of thy prophets. And they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.

Psalm 17:8

The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 36:7

Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

Psalm 57:1

Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.

Psalm 91:4

Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

Isaiah 30:15

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved. In silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:

Isaiah 50:2

Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? Or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water and shall die for thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain have I struck your children: they have not received correction. Your sword hath devoured your prophets: your generation is like a ravaging lion.

Jeremiah 26:23

And they brought Urias out of Egypt: and brought him to king Joakim: and he slew him with the sword: and he cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, by which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have prevailed: and they have drunk none to this day, because they have obeyed the commandment of their father: but I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 35:17

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, and they have not heard: I have called to them, and they have not answered me.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: We will not walk.

Lamentations 1:16

Ain. Therefore do I weep and my eyes run down with water, because the comforter, the relief of my soul, is far from me: my children are desolate because the enemy hath prevailed.

Lamentations 4:13

Mem. For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

Hosea 11:2

As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.

Hosea 11:7

And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

Joel 2:23

And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning.

Zechariah 1:4

Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your wicked thoughts: but they did not give ear, neither did they hearken to me, saith the Lord.

Matthew 22:3

And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.

Matthew 22:6

And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.

Luke 15:28

And he was angry, and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to entreat him.

Luke 19:44

And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

Luke 23:28

But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Acts 7:59

And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

Acts 8:1

AND at that time there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed through the countries of Judea, and Samaria, except the apostles.

Deuteronomy 32:29

O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end!

Deuteronomy 5:29

Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever?

Revelation 11:8

And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified.

Ruth 2:12

The Lord render unto thee for thy work: and mayest thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.