After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying, "Who is this?"

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!