Matthew 23:37

First Nations Version

“Jerusalem, O Village of Peace!” he cried out loud for all to hear. “You who kill the prophets and stone to death the ones sent to you! How I have longed to gather your children together, like an eagle gathers her young under her wings, but you would not have it.

Cross References

Matthew 23:30

“You say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them when they shed the blood of the prophets.’

Matthew 22:3

When the feast was ready, he sent out trusted messengers to gather the ones who had been invited, but no one came.

Matthew 5:12

So let your hearts be glad and jump for joy, for you will be honored in the spirit-world above. You are like the prophets of old, who were treated in the same way by your ancestors.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

They are the ones who killed our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and the prophets and have driven us away. They fail to please the Great Spirit and are hostile to all humankind.

Matthew 22:6

while others mistreated them and even killed them.

Revelation 17:6

I could see that this woman was drunk with the blood of Creator’s holy ones and with the blood of the truth tellers for Creator Sets Free (Jesus). I could only stare at this woman with wonder and amazement.

Luke 15:28

“Hearing this, the older brother became very angry and refused to go into the lodge. The father saw him brooding outside, so he went to him and urged him to come in.

Matthew 23:31

But you are speaking against yourselves, for you are admitting that you are the descendants of the ones who killed them,