Matthew 23:37-38 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

³⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate.

— Matthew 23:37-38

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