Matthew 23:37

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. You stone to death those that God has sent to you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather them together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.

Cross References

Ruth 2:12

The Lord will reward you for all the good things you have done. The Lord, the God of Israel, will pay you in full. You have come to him for safety, and he will protect you.”

Psalm 91:4

You can go to him for protection. He will cover you like a bird spreading its wings over its babies. You can trust him to surround and protect you like a shield.

Psalm 17:8

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

Psalm 36:7

Nothing is more precious than your loving kindness. All people can find protection close to you.

Nehemiah 9:26

And then they turned against you. They threw away your teachings. They killed your prophets. Those prophets warned the people. They tried to bring them back to you. But our ancestors said terrible things against you.

Psalm 63:7

That is because you are the one who helps me. It makes me happy to be under your protection!

Jeremiah 35:15

Time after time I have sent my servants the prophets to you. They said, “You must each stop doing evil things and do what is right. Don’t follow other gods. Don’t worship or serve them. If you obey me, you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention to my message.

Matthew 23:30

And you say, ‘If we had lived during the time of our ancestors, we would not have helped them kill these prophets.’

Matthew 22:3

He invited some people to the feast. When it was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people to come. But they refused to come to the king’s feast.

Matthew 5:12

Be happy about it. Be very glad because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did these same bad things to the prophets who lived before you.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called the Israelites, the more they left me. The Israelites gave sacrifices to the false gods and burned incense to the idols.

Psalm 57:1

God, be merciful to me. Be kind because my soul trusts in you. I have come to you for protection, while the trouble passes.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

the same Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets. And they forced us to leave their country. They are not pleasing to God, and they are against everyone else.

Jeremiah 44:4

I sent my servants, the prophets, to those people again and again. They spoke my message and said to the people, “Don’t do this terrible thing. I hate for you to worship idols.”

Matthew 22:6

Some of the other people grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

Zechariah 1:4

“Don’t be like your ancestors. In the past the prophets spoke to them and said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful wants you to change your evil way of living. Stop doing evil things!’ But your ancestors did not listen to me.” This is what the Lord said.

Hosea 11:7

“My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above, but he will not help them.”

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought Uriah from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim ordered Uriah to be killed with a sword. Uriah’s body was thrown into the burial place where the poor are buried.

Jeremiah 6:8

Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn my back on you. I will make your land an empty desert. No one will be able to live there.”

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil from your hearts. Make your hearts pure so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished you people of Judah, but it did not help. You did not come back when you were punished. With your swords you killed the prophets who came to you. Like a dangerous lion, you killed the prophets.”

Isaiah 50:2

I came home and found no one there. I called and called, but no one answered. Do you think I cannot get you back? Do you think I cannot save you? Look, if I gave the command, the ocean would dry up! I can turn rivers into a desert. The fish would die without water, and their bodies would rot.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk. She was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. She was drunk with the blood of those who told about their faith in Jesus. When I saw the woman, I was fully amazed.

Luke 15:28

“The older son was angry and would not go in to the party. So his father went out and begged him to come in.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I do for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I hoped for good grapes to grow, but there were only rotten ones. Why did that happen?

Jeremiah 32:31

“From the time that Jerusalem was built until now, the people of this city have made me angry. This city has made me very angry, so I must remove it from my sight.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. These men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But they could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

Hosea 7:13

It will be very bad for those who left me. They refused to obey me, so they will be destroyed. I saved them, but they speak lies against me.

Matthew 23:31

So you give proof that you are descendants of those who killed the prophets.