Matthew 23:37 Cross References - Living_Oracles

³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! who killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!

¹² Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for thus the Prophets were persecuted, who were before you.

³⁵ But they seized his servants, beat one, drove away with stones another, and killed another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more respectable; but they received the same treatment;

³ sent his servants to call them, who had been invited; but they would not come.

⁶ And the rest seizing his servants, abused and killed them.

³⁰ and say, Had we lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their accomplices in the slaughter of the prophets.

³ But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ Again, he sent to them another servant, whom they wounded in the head with stones, and sent back with disgrace. ⁵ He sent another, whom they killed; and of many more that he sent, some they beat, and some they killed. ⁶ At last, having an only son, whom he loved, he sent him also to them; for he said, They will reverence my son.

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you! how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings; but you would not! ³⁵ Quickly shall your house be deserted; for indeed, I say to you, you shall not see me, till the time when you shall say, Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!

¹⁷ And at supper time he sent his servants, to tell those who had been invited to come presently; for, that all was ready. ¹⁸ But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; I pray you have me excused. ¹⁹ Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused. ²⁰ A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.

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

¹⁴ Now his citizens hated him; and sending an embassy after him, protested, We will not have this man for our king. ¹⁵ When he returned, vested with royal power, he commanded those servants to be called to whom he had committed the money, that he might know what every one had gained. ¹⁶ Then the first came, and said, My Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds. ¹⁷ He answered, Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very small matter, receive the government of ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second who came, said, My Lord, your pound has gained five pounds. ¹⁹ He answered, Be you also governor of five cities. ²⁰ Another came, saying, My Lord, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin; ²¹ for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard master; you exact what you did not give, and reap what you did not sow. ²² He answered, Out of your own mouth, you malignant servant, I will condemn you. Did you know that I am a hard master, exacting what I did not give, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why, then, did you not put my money into the bank; that at my return I might have received it with interest? ²⁴ Then he said to his attendants, Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has ten pounds. ²⁵ They answered, My Lord, he has ten pounds. ²⁶ He replied, I tell you, that to every one who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken. ²⁷ But as for those my enemies, who would not have me for their king, bring them hither, and slay them in my presence. ²⁸ After this discourse, Jesus walked foremost, traveling toward Jerusalem. ²⁹ When he approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, Go to yonder village, where, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever rode; loose him, and bring him. ³¹ If any one ask you why you loose him, you shall answer, Because the Master needs him. ³² Accordingly, they who received this order, went, and found everything as he had told them. ³³ As they were loosing the colt, the owners said to them, Why loose you the colt? ³⁴ They answered, The Master needs him. ³⁵ So they brought him to Jesus, and having thrown their mantles upon the colt, set Jesus on it. ³⁶ As he went, the people spread their mantles in the way before him. ³⁷ When he was so near as the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God in loud acclamations, for all the miracles which they had seen; ³⁸ saying, Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven! ³⁹ Upon this, some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, Rabbi, rebuke your disciples. ⁴⁰ He answered, I tell you, that if these were silent, the stones would cry out. ⁴¹ When he came near, and beheld the city, he wept over it, ⁴² saying, O that thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things which concern thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes: ⁴³ for the days are coming upon thee, when thine enemies will surround thee with a rampart, and inclose thee, and shut thee up on every side; ⁴⁴ and will level thee with the ground, thee and thy children, and will not leave one stone upon another, because thou didst not know the time when thou wast visited.

¹¹ Afterward, he sent another servant, whom they, having beaten, and used shamefully, also sent away empty. ¹² He afterward dispatched a third to them. Him, likewise, they wounded and drove away. ¹³ Then the proprietor of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; they will surely reverence him, when they see him. ¹⁴ But when then husbandmen saw him, they reasoned thus among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own.

⁵¹ Oh! stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you. ⁵² Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? yes, they slew those who spoke before, of the coming of that Righteous One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers.

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord, and the prophets, and have greatly persecuted us, and do not please God, and are contrary to all men;

⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the savage beast which ascends out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and shall conquer them, and kill them. ⁸ And their corpses shall lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt; where also our Lord was crucified.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.