Luke 13:34 - Tree of Life Version

³⁴ “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.

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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!

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?

Luke 13:34 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:30

You bore with them for many years and admonished them by Your Ruach through the hand of Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in its Maker. Let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

Psalm 17:8

Protect me like the pupil of the eye. Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,

Psalm 36:7

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai.

Psalm 57:1

For the music director, “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

Psalm 81:13

So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, to walk in their own counsels.

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness is body armor and shield.

Isaiah 30:15

For thus says Adonai Elohim, the Holy One of Israel: “By repentance and rest you are saved, in quietness and trust is your strength— but you were not willing.”

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea at My rebuke, I make rivers a wilderness— their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”

Jeremiah 26:23

and they brought Uriah back from Egypt, and led him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.

Jeremiah 35:14

“The words of Jonadab son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are observed, and to this day they drink none, for they listen to their father’s commandment. Yet I have spoken to you, early and often, and you have not obeyed Me.

Jeremiah 35:17

Therefore thus says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “I am about to bring on Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I spoke to them but they have not heard, and I have called to them but they have not answered.”

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’

Lamentations 1:16

Over these things I weep. My eyes overflow with water. For far from me is a comforter, who might refresh my soul. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”

Lamentations 4:13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her kohanim, who shed in her midst the blood of the tzadikim .

Hosea 11:2

They called out to them but they departed from their presence. They kept sacrificing to the Baalim and burning incense up to idols.

Hosea 11:7

So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.

Joel 2:23

So be glad, children of Zion, and rejoice in Adonai, your God. For He gives you the early rain for prosperity, Yes, He will bring down rain for you, the early and latter rain as before.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your fathers to whom the former prophets cried out saying, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘Turn back now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me.’ It is a declaration of Adonai.

Matthew 22:3

He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.

Matthew 22:6

And the rest grabbed his servants, humiliated them, and killed them.

Luke 15:28

“But the older son was angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came outside and pleaded with him.

Luke 19:44

And they will smash you to the ground—you and your children within you. And they won’t leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

Luke 23:28

But Yeshua, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but for yourselves and your children.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the ones who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. Now you have become His betrayers and murderers—

Acts 7:59

They went on stoning Stephen as he was calling out, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”

Acts 8:1

Now Saul was in agreement with Stephen’s execution. On that day a great persecution arose against Messiah’s community in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the emissaries.

Deuteronomy 32:29

“If they were wise, they would discern this, they would understand their hereafter.

Deuteronomy 5:29

“So you must take care to do as Adonai your God has commanded you—do not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Revelation 11:8

And their corpses will lie in the open street of the great city that figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.

Ruth 2:12

May Adonai repay you for what you have done, and may you be fully rewarded by Adonai, God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”