And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Every year His parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.

After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents did not know it.

When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

So he took Him to Jerusalem, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

After coming down with them, He stood on a level place with a large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

They appeared in glory and were speaking of His death, which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

While traveling to Jerusalem, He passed between Samaria and Galilee.

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

After worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.