Matthew 23:37

New International Reader's Version

“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones in order to kill those who are sent to you. Many times I have wanted to gather your people together. I have wanted to be like a hen who gathers her chicks under her wings. And you would not let me!

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“But they didn’t obey you. Instead, they turned against you. They turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets. The prophets had warned them to return to you. But they did very evil things that dishonored you.

Psalm 17:8

Take good care of me, just as you would take care of your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 36:7

How priceless your faithful love is! People find safety in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 57:1

Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me. I go to you for safety. I will find safety in the shadow of your wings. There I will stay until the danger is gone.

Psalm 63:7

Because you have helped me, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his wings. Under the feathers of his wings you will find safety. He is faithful. He will keep you safe like a shield or a tower.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I kept looking for a crop of good grapes. So why did it produce only bad ones?

Isaiah 50:2

When I came to save you, why didn’t anyone welcome me? When I called out to you, why didn’t anyone answer me? Wasn’t I powerful enough to set you free? Wasn’t I strong enough to save you? I dry up the sea with a single command. I turn rivers into a desert. Then fish rot because they do not have any water. They die because they are thirsty.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished your people. But it did not do them any good. They did not pay attention when they were corrected. You have killed your prophets by swords. You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

Jeremiah 26:23

Those men brought Uriah out of Egypt. They took him to King Jehoiakim. Then the king had Uriah struck down with a sword. He had Uriah’s body thrown into one of the graves of the ordinary people.

Jeremiah 32:31

“This city has always stirred up my great anger. It has done it since the day it was built. Now I must remove it from my sight.

Jeremiah 35:15

Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, ‘Each of you must turn from your evil ways. You must change the way you act. Do not worship other gods. Do not serve them. Then you will live in the land. I gave it to you and your people of long ago.’ But you have not paid any attention. You have not listened to me.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead, the king commanded three men to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them. The three men were Jerahmeel, Seraiah and Shelemiah. Jerahmeel was a member of the royal court. Seraiah was the son of Azriel. And Shelemiah was the son of Abdeel.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash your sins from your hearts and be saved. How long will you hold on to your evil thoughts?

Jeremiah 44:4

Again and again I sent my servants the prophets. They said, ‘Don’t worship other gods! The Lord hates it!’

Jeremiah 6:8

Jerusalem, listen to my warning. If you do not, I will turn away from you. Your land will become a desert. No one will be able to live there.”

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called out to Israel, the more they went away from me. They brought sacrifices to the statues of the gods that were named Baal. And they burned incense to them.

Hosea 11:7

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. Even if they call me the Most High God, I will certainly not honor them.”

Hosea 7:13

How terrible it will be for them! They have wandered away from me. So they will be destroyed. That’s because they have refused to obey me. I long to save them. But they tell lies about me.

Zechariah 1:4

“Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said, ‘Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his slaves to those who had been invited to the dinner. The slaves told them to come. But they refused.

Matthew 22:6

The rest grabbed his slaves. They treated them badly and then killed them.

Matthew 23:30

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of those who lived before us, we wouldn’t have done what they did. We wouldn’t have helped to kill the prophets.’

Matthew 23:31

So you are witnesses against yourselves. You admit that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets.

Matthew 5:12

Be joyful and glad. Your reward in heaven is great. In the same way, people hurt the prophets who lived long ago.

Luke 15:28

“The older brother became angry. He refused to go in. So his father went out and begged him.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

The Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets also forced us to leave. They do not please God. They are enemies of everyone.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. They are the ones who are witnesses about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very amazed.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May the Lord, the God of Israel, bless you richly. You have come to him to find safety under his care.”