Luke 13:31-35

³¹At that time, some of the law men called Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “The big boss called Herod wants to kill you, so you have to clear out. Go away from here.”

³²Jesus said, “Herod is a bad man, and he is tricky, like a wild dog. Tell him that I’m forcing bad spirits out of people, and I’m making sick people better, and I’ll keep doing these things for a bit longer. Then I’ll finish my work.

³³But I have to keep going now, and for a bit longer, till I get to Jerusalem city. That’s the place where they kill people that tell God’s messages.”

³⁴Jesus talked to the people that lived in Jerusalem city. He said, “Oh, you Jerusalem mob. You never listen to the men that tell you God’s messages, but instead you kill them. Yes, you throw stones at them to kill them. Listen, I wanted to look after you mob, just like a chook looks after her chicks and covers them with her wings so that nothing can hurt them. I often wanted to look after you like that, but you never let me.

³⁵So now God is leaving you. He will not look after you, or your city, or his ceremony house there. You mob will not see me again until the day comes when you will say, ‘This is God’s man coming to us, and we want God to be really good to him.’”