...How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate" (Matt. 23:37, 38). Prior to this, after telling a parable about Israel's rejection of the Messiah,...

...authentic: "The saying cannot be attributed to Jesus. The sentence, 'How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings' is in itself sufficient proof of that. The metaphor requires a heavenly, indeed a divine being." 4...

...and the mother bird sits quietly under a bush in her nighttime vigil in defense of those she loves. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets...brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" (Lk 13:34). The reflecting pool was designed to capture the image of Christ that dominates the south...

...soul" (Ps. 25:1). Perhaps it is: "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?" (Gal. 3:1). Perhaps "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets...brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" (Matt. 23:37). Perhaps "Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked...

...recent disaster (Luke 13:1-5). He laments and prophesies over Jerusalem: Luke 13:34-35 34'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones...her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 35See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you...

...prostitutes were subhuman. Jesus quoted i Esdras when he was teaching his disciples and said to them, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets...gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"34 We see Jesus traveling with women throughout the land — something completely unheard...

...himself, turning towards Jerusalem, must have especially made an impression on Francis: 'Jerusalem, (...)! How often have I desired to gather your children together...brood under her wings, and you were not willing!' (Matthew 23:37). There is namely a report concerning a dream of his in which he also saw himself as...

...acts in our lives in ways that are more powerful than our actions can ever be. In Matthew, Jesus said, 'How often have I desired to gather your children...gathers her brood under her wings and you were not willin'!' Seems He is doing His part even when we ain't willin' to surrender to Him. Which is more...

...always before me; because he is at my right hand I shall not fall. Psalm i6:S Evening Variation •I* How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. Luke 13:34 • Though my father and my mother forsake me, the LORD will sustain me. Psalm 27:14 Morning...

...facing desolation and destruction: 32 http://www.opensourcetheology.net/node/1146tfcomment-5387. "0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would...