Matthew 23:37 Cross References
Matthew 23:37
37: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.
Ruth 2:12
- May the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully."
Deuteronomy 32:11
- Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them in and carried them aloft on his pinions.
- The LORD alone guided them; they lived without any foreign gods.
Psalms 91:4
- He will shield you with his wings. He will shelter you with his feathers. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
Matthew 5:12
- Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted, too.
Luke 13:34
- "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.
- And now look, your house is left to you empty. And you will never see me again until you say, 'Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
Psalms 36:7
- How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.
Proverbs 1:24
- "I called you so often, but you didn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
- You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
- So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you--
- when calamity overcomes you like a storm, when you are engulfed by trouble, and when anguish and distress overwhelm you.
- "I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
Nehemiah 9:26
- "But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
Jeremiah 6:16
- So now the LORD says, "Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, `No, that's not the road we want!'
- I set watchmen over you who said, `Listen for the sound of the trumpet!' But you replied, `No! We won't pay attention!'
Psalms 63:7
- I think how much you have helped me; I sing for joy in the shadow of your protecting wings.
Psalms 17:8
- Guard me as the apple of your eye. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
2 Chronicles 24:21
- Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and by order of King Joash himself, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
- That was how King Joash repaid Jehoiada for his love and loyalty--by killing his son. Zechariah's last words as he died were, "May the LORD see what they are doing and hold them accountable!"
Matthew 23:30
- Then you say, 'We never would have joined them in killing the prophets.'
Jeremiah 35:15
- I have sent you prophet after prophet to tell you to turn from your wicked ways and to stop worshiping other gods, so that you might live in peace here in the land I gave to you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or obey.
Jeremiah 44:4
- "Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, `Don't do these horrible things that I hate so much.'
Matthew 22:3
- Many guests were invited, and when the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify everyone that it was time to come. But they all refused!
Jeremiah 42:9
- He said to them, "You sent me to the LORD, the God of Israel, with your request, and this is his reply:
- `Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry for all the punishment I have had to bring upon you.
- Do not fear the king of Babylon anymore, says the LORD. For I am with you and will save you and rescue you from his power.
- I will be merciful to you by making him kind, so he will let you stay here in your land.'
- "But if you refuse to obey the LORD your God and say, `We will not stay here,'
Revelation 11:7
- When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them. He will conquer them and kill them.
- And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city which is called "Sodom" and "Egypt," the city where their Lord was crucified.
Luke 14:17
- When all was ready, he sent his servant around to notify the guests that it was time for them to come.
- But they all began making excuses. One said he had just bought a field and wanted to inspect it, so he asked to be excused.
- Another said he had just bought five pair of oxen and wanted to try them out.
- Another had just been married, so he said he couldn't come.
Luke 19:14
- But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say they did not want him to be their king.
- "When he returned, the king called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what they had done with the money and what their profits were.
- The first servant reported a tremendous gain--ten times as much as the original amount!
- 'Well done!' the king exclaimed. 'You are a trustworthy servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.'
- "The next servant also reported a good gain--five times the original amount.
Matthew 21:35
- But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
- So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
- For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
Jeremiah 6:8
- This is your last warning, Jerusalem! If you do not listen, I will empty the land."
Luke 15:28
- "The older brother was angry and wouldn't go in. His father came out and begged him,
Psalms 57:1
- Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until this violent storm is past.
Luke 20:11
- So the owner sent another servant, but the same thing happened; he was beaten up and treated shamefully, and he went away empty-handed.
- A third man was sent and the same thing happened. He, too, was wounded and chased away.
- "'What will I do?' the owner asked himself. 'I know! I'll send my cherished son. Surely they will respect him.'
- "But when the farmers saw his son, they said to each other, 'Here comes the heir to this estate. Let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!'
Jeremiah 11:7
- For I solemnly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, repeating over and over again to this day: "Obey me!"
- But your ancestors did not pay any attention; they would not even listen. Instead, they stubbornly followed their own evil desires. And because they refused to obey, I brought upon them all the curses described in our covenant.'"
Jeremiah 25:3
- "For the past twenty-three years--from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until now--the LORD has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you, but you have not listened.
- "Again and again, the LORD has sent you his prophets, but you have not listened or even tried to hear.
- Each time the message was this: `Turn from the evil road you are traveling and from the evil things you are doing. Only then will I let you live in this land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever.
- Do not make me angry by worshiping the idols you have made. Then I will not harm you.'
- "But you would not listen to me," says the LORD. "You made me furious by worshiping your idols, bringing on yourselves all the disasters you now suffer.
Isaiah 50:2
- Was I too weak to save you? Is that why the house is silent and empty when I come home? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
Acts 7:51
- "You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? But your ancestors did, and so do you!
- Name one prophet your ancestors didn't persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One--the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.
2 Chronicles 36:15
- The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
- But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.
Jeremiah 4:14
- O Jerusalem, cleanse your hearts that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
Mark 12:3
- But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.
- "The owner then sent another servant, but they beat him over the head and treated him shamefully.
- The next servant he sent was killed. Others who were sent were either beaten or killed,
- until there was only one left--his son whom he loved dearly. The owner finally sent him, thinking, 'Surely they will respect my son.'
Jeremiah 2:30
- I have punished your children, but it did them no good. They still refuse to obey. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.
Hosea 11:2
- But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.
Zechariah 1:4
- Do not be like your ancestors who would not listen when the earlier prophets said to them, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: Turn from your evil ways and stop all your evil practices.'
Hosea 11:7
- For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don't truly honor me.
Psalms 81:8
- "Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen!
- You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.
- For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
- "But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around.
Jeremiah 26:23
- They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.)
Matthew 22:6
- Others seized his messengers and treated them shamefully, even killing some of them.
Revelation 17:6
- I could see that she was drunk--drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her completely amazed.