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Matthew 23:37
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 23:37
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus’ Lamentation over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem!(A) 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!(B)
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- Matthew 23:37 Or as a mother bird gathers her young
Matthew 23:37
New International Version
Matthew 23:37
New International Version
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.
Matthew 23:37
King James Version
Matthew 23:37
King James Version
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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Matthew 23:37
New King James Version
Matthew 23:37
New King James Version
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