27. But he will say to you, ‘I don’t know you! Where did you come from? Go away from me! All of you do evil!’
28. You will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s kingdom. But you will be thrown outside. Then you will cry and grind your teeth with pain.
29. People will come from the east, west, north, and south. They will sit down at the table in the kingdom of God.
30. Those who are last now will be first in the future. And those who are first now will be last in the future.”
31. At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away from here! Herod wants to kill you!”
32. Jesus said to them, “Go tell that fox Herod, ‘Today and tomorrow I am forcing demons out of people and finishing my work of healing. Then, on the third day, I will reach my goal.’
33. Yet I must be on my way today and tomorrow and the next day. Surely it cannot be right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.
34. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. You kill with stones those men that God has sent you. Many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather them together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.
35. Now your home will be left completely empty. I tell you, you will not see me again until that time when you will say, ‘God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord.’”