With full knowledge that he was soon to be put to death, Jesus lamented: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent forth to her, ​ — how often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks together under her wings!
स्वर्गातील आपल्या पित्याप्रमाणेच, येशूचीही अशीच इच्छा होती की लोकांनी पश्‍चात्ताप करावा व नाशापासून स्वतःला वाचवावे.