Graphic Bible · Scene 37 of 39

Jesus looks across Jerusalem with grief as he laments its refusal to receive those sent to it.
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Matthew 23:37

Jesus Laments Jerusalem

Jesus Warns the Leaders and Laments Jerusalem · Matthew 23

Story guide: Jesus overlooks Jerusalem, followed by a hen sheltering chicks that illustrates his comparison of protective care.

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37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her—how often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!

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