JESUS LAMENTS OVER JERUSALEM
AND he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be
saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate:
for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the
door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying,
Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know
you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he
shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me,
all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And
they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north,
and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And,
behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which
shall be last.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get
thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto
them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do
cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following:
for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 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! Behold,
your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.