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Matthew 23:36-38
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 23:36-38
Holman Christian Standard Bible
36 I assure you: All these things will come on this generation!(A)
Jesus’ Lamentation over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem!(B) She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks[a] under her wings, yet you were not willing!(C) 38 See, your house is left to you desolate.(D)
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- Matthew 23:37 Or as a mother bird gathers her young
Matthew 23:36-38
New International Version
Matthew 23:36-38
New International Version
36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(A)
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(B) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(C) and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(D)
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