Matthew 23:37

Good News Translation

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,

Psalm 17:8

Protect me as you would your very eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings

Psalm 36:7

How precious, O God, is your constant love! We find protection under the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.

Psalm 63:7

because you have always been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

Isaiah 50:2

“Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water.

Jeremiah 2:30

I punished you, but it did no good; you would not let me correct you. Like a raging lion, you have murdered your prophets.

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought him back to King Jehoiakim, who had him killed and his body thrown into the public burial ground.)

Jeremiah 32:31

The people of this city have made me angry and furious from the day it was built. I have decided to destroy it

Jeremiah 35:15

I have continued to send you all my servants the prophets, and they have told you to give up your evil ways and to do what is right. They warned you not to worship and serve other gods, so that you could go on living in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or pay any attention to me.

Jeremiah 36:26

Then he ordered Prince Jerahmeel, together with Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to arrest me and my secretary Baruch. But the Lord had hidden us.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?

Jeremiah 44:4

I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.

Jeremiah 6:8

People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives.”

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. My people sacrificed to Baal; they burned incense to idols.

Hosea 11:7

They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.

Hosea 7:13

“They are doomed! They have left me and rebelled against me. They will be destroyed. I wanted to save them, but their worship of me was false.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.

Matthew 22:6

while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

Matthew 23:30

and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:31

So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

Matthew 5:12

Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

Luke 15:28

The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of those who were killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely amazed.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!”