Discovery BoxMatthew 13:15 
Context13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;
they are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’ 1
Matthew 23:37
Context23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 2 you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! 3 How often I have longed 4 to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but 5 you would have none of it! 6
1 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.
2 sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your… you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill… sent to you”).
4 sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
6 tn Grk “you were not willing.”
