Matthew 23:37 meaning and explanation
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Matthew 23:37, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus speaks these words near the end of his public ministry, after pronouncing woes on the scribes and Pharisees. Jerusalem is the city of God's temple and the center of Israel's worship, yet it has a long history of rejecting the messengers God sent.
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