Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that are sent to you… It is most necessary that the "instinct of migration" shall not be resisted, for such resistance means the loss of power to emigrate. In a recent article in a scientific paper upon the "Everglades of Florida," we read that so enfeebled have the birds that there resort become through failure to use their wings in flight that now they find it almost impossible to rise when pressed hard by their enemies. Even so is it with human souls. The "will not" becomes the "cannot." There is a process of deterioration that ends at last in death. Slaves of choice become slaves of habit. (W. W. Wells.) Parallel Verses KJV: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! |
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