...on our level. He identified with our problems and needs. He showed His great concern when He cried, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets...often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing" (Matt. 23:37). The writer to...

...chose what I forbade" [Isa. 65:12]. The Lord himself says in the Gospel, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone those sent to you. How often I have desired to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you refused" [Matt....

...opinions?" (1 Kings 18:21). Indeed, Jesus held his people responsible, crying, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . how often I have longed to gather your children together . . . but you were not willing" (Ml 23:37). In fact, even our state of ignorance and depravity is said to be willful. Peter said, "They...

...and Luke have placed this apostrophe in very different portions of their Gospel.321 When Jesus says, 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and...often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing',322 we are reminded of the lament...

...children in the same manner as the mother bird gathers in her brood under her wings. When Jesus says, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and...often I have longed to gather your children together (just) as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing," we are reminded of the...

...between the temple and the altar. -'M tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation. 37"O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and...often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. '"Look, your house is left to...

...between the temple and the altar. 36. Amen I say to you, all these will come upon this generation. 37. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to it, how often did I wish to gather together your children, as a bird gathers her fledglings under her...

...sutely no otoohet' dan die outside JetusalemI а4"O Jetusalem. Jetusalem. you who kill the otoohets and stone those sent to you. how often I have longed to gathet yout dhildten togethet. as a hen gathets het phidks undet het wings. s but you wete not willingI...

...are lost through their own fault. The words of our Lord Jesus Christ are very remarkable. He says, "I have longed to gather your children together . . . but you were not willing" (verse 37). There is something specially worth noticing in this expression: it throws light on a mysterious...

...repent and embrace the offered salvation.'1 We turn next to a New Testament passage, Matthew 23:37, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets...often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing" (cf . the parallel passage,...