BLB Mat 23

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Mat 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Jerusalem		Jer 4:14; Jer 6:8; Luk 13:34; Rev 11:8
thou		Mat 23:30; Mat 5:12; Mat 21:35,36; Mat 22:6; 2Ch 24:21,22; Neh 9:26; Jer 2:30; Jer 26:23; Mar 12:3-6; Luk 20:11-14; Act 7:51,52; 1Th 2:15; Rev 11:7; Rev 17:6
how		2Ch 36:15,16; Psa 81:8-11; Jer 6:16,17; Jer 11:7,8; Jer 25:3-7; Jer 35:15; Jer 42:9-13; Jer 44:4; Zec 1:4
even		Deu 32:11,12; Rth 2:12; Psa 17:8; Psa 36:7; Psa 57:1; Psa 63:7; Psa 91:4
and ye		Mat 22:3; Pro 1:24-31; Isa 50:2; Hsa 11:2,7; Luk 14:17-20; Luk 15:28; Luk 19:14-44

Correlating Passages

Jerusalem

	Jer 4:14	O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
	Jer 6:8	Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
	Luk 13:34	O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!
	Rev 11:8	And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

thou

	Mat 23:30	And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
	Mat 5:12	Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
	Mat 21:35	And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
	Mat 21:36	Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
	Mat 22:6	And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them].
	2Ch 24:21	And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
	2Ch 24:22	Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].
	Neh 9:26	Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
	Jer 2:30	In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
	Jer 26:23	And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
	Mar 12:3	And they caught [him], and beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
	Mar 12:4	And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him] away shamefully handled.
	Mar 12:5	And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
	Mar 12:6	Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
	Luk 20:11	And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.
	Luk 20:12	And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
	Luk 20:13	Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him] when they see him.
	Luk 20:14	But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
	Act 7:51	Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
	Act 7:52	Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
	1Th 2:15	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
	Rev 11:7	And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
	Rev 17:6	And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

how

	2Ch 36:15	And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
	2Ch 36:16	But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
	Psa 81:8	Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
	Psa 81:9	There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
	Psa 81:10	I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
	Psa 81:11	But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
	Jer 6:16	Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
	Jer 6:17	Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
	Jer 11:7	For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
	Jer 11:8	Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded [them] to do; but they did [them] not.
	Jer 25:3	From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
	Jer 25:4	And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
	Jer 25:5	They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
	Jer 25:6	And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
	Jer 25:7	Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
	Jer 35:15	I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them], saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
	Jer 42:9	And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
	Jer 42:10	If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
	Jer 42:11	Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I [am] with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
	Jer 42:12	And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
	Jer 42:13	But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
	Jer 44:4	Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
	Zec 1:4	Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

even

	Deu 32:11	As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
	Deu 32:12	[So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him.
	Rth 2:12	The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
	Psa 17:8	Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
	Psa 36:7	How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
	Psa 57:1	[[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.]] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.