Matthew 23:37-39

Good News Translation

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem^(A)

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me! ^38 (B)And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty. ^39 (C)From now on, I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, ‘God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.’”