Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You murder the prophets and stone the messengers sent to you. How many times I have wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen draws her chicks under her wings! But you refused.
Treated in 16 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…Ps. ciii. 13; Isa. lxiii. 16; Matt. vi. 6; Isa. lxvi. 13; Ps. xxiii. 1; Isa. xl. 11; Matt. xxiii. 37. I shall not need to add any more proofs. This is that which is demonstrated:— There is…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Complaining cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…and is delaying His purposes in order that all may come to repentance. John v. 40, and Matt. xxiii. 37, show that the whole cause of man’s damnation is his own willful and persistent refusal…
- The God of All Comfort ·
The Lord Our Dwelling Place cites Matthew 23:37
…children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37). If a chick wants to be safe, it must run to the mother’s wings. Many people stay…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
The General Conditions of Success in Bringing Men to Christ cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…v. 14, 15; Phil. iv. 19). In the second place Jesus Christ had an intense love for souls (Matt. xxiii. 37; Luke xix. 10), and intimate and constant companionship with Him will impart to our lives…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…of salvation, and it is the fault of the will which does not receive Him: as He saith. (Matt. xxiii. 37.) “How often would I have gathered thy children together, and thou wouldest not!” But WHY…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites Matt. 23:37
…2. She had a special call, and that she had but sometimes. 3. She had a brooding note. Matt. 23:37. And, 4. She had an outcry. Now, said he, compare this hen to your King and these…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Is Hell Real, and Is It Fair? cites Matthew 23:37
…children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!” (Matthew 23:37). God doesn’t want it. “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
If God Knows Everything, Do I Really Have Free Will? cites Matthew 23:37
…“how often I have longed to gather your children together... but you were unwilling!” (Matthew 23:37). They usually read election as God choosing those He foresaw would believe, or choosing…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Loaded Wagon cites Matthew 23:37
…your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!” (Matthew 23:37). Sinner, God is grieved by your sin; your Creator suffers over what you mock; your…
- Our Daily Walk ·
April cites Mat 23:37
…together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”— Mat 23:37. OUR LORD'S ministry began with an octave of Blessedness, but it ended with a sevenfold…
- Our Daily Walk ·
July cites Mat 23:37
….... how often would I have gathered thy children together .... and ye would not!”— Mat 23:37. THE GREEKS represented Opportunity as bald, with no lock of hair by which she could be…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Reproof of such as sin against this merciful disposition in Christ. Of quenching the Spirit cites Mat. xxiii. 37
…would not be gathered under the wing of Christ, then their habitation is left desolate, Mat. xxiii. 37, 38. When Wisdom stretcheth out her hand and men refuse, then Wisdom will laugh at men’s…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon II cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…impenitent people, Luke xix. 41, 42. or complaining of their stubbornness, as Matt. xxiii. 37. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how oft would I have gathered your children together, even as a…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon IV cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…us” Christ “would have gathered you under the wings of his salvation, and you would not” Matt. xxiii. 37. What desires of your welfare did the Lord express in his holy word! With what compassion…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Notes cites Matt. xxiii. 37
…of those who, blind to impending destruction, refuse repeated invitations of safety (cf. Matt. xxiii. 37). For the rest, he is quite impersonal, detached; the truth he preaches is sure, awful…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Free Grace cites Matt. 23:37
…is the condemnation, “How often would I have gathered you together, and ye would not!” (Matt. 23:37.) 23. Thus manifestly does this doctrine tend to overthrow the whole Christian…