Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,

And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised.

And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with him apart in the way, and said to them,

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;

And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!