Matthew 23:37 Cross References - ABU

³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

³⁵ And the husbandmen taking his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did to them likewise.

³ And he sent forth his servants to call those who were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come.

⁶ And the rest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them.

³⁰ If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³ And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵ And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶ Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son.

³⁴ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not! ³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you: Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ And he sent his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now ready. ¹⁸ And they all, with one mind, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused. ¹⁹ And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused. ²⁰ And another said: I married a wife; and therefore I can not come.

²⁸ And he was angry, and would not go in; and his father came out, and entreated him.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what each gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds. ¹⁷ And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds. ¹⁹ And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities. ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin. ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. ²² And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my coming, should have required it with interest. ²⁴ And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds. ²⁵ And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶ For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away. ²⁷ But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. ²⁸ And having spoken these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, that he sent forth two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye are entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose and bring him. ³¹ And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him. ³² And they that were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why loose ye the colt? ³⁴ And they said: The Lord has need of him. ³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereon. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷ And as he was drawing near, just at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles which they saw; ³⁸ saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest! ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him: Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. ⁴⁰ And answering he said to them: I tell you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. ⁴¹ And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴² saying: If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon thee, that thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side, ⁴⁴ and will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

¹¹ And again he sent another servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they sent away empty. ¹² And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out. ¹³ And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. ¹⁴ But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

⁵¹ Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us forth, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and will overcome them, and will kill them. ⁸ And their remains are on the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and I wondered when I saw her, with great wonder.