MATTHEW XXIII, 37-39; LUKE XIII, 34-35. 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I have wished to gather your children, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not. Behold, your house shall be left to you desolate. For I say to you: You shall not see me from now on, until you say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'