When He approached Jerusalem, He

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• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it saying,
• If you had known in this day, even
• you, the things which make for
• peace! But now they have been
• hidden from your eyes. For the
• days will come upon you when your
• enemies will throw up a barricade
• against you, and surround you and
• hem you in on every side, and they
• will level you to the ground and
• your children within you, and they
• will not leave in you one stone upon
• another, because you did not
• recognize the time of your
• visitation. Luke 1941-44

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Jesus Wept

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it saying,
• If you had known in this day, even
• you, the things which make for
• peace! But now they have been
• hidden from your eyes. For the
• days will come upon you when your
• enemies will throw up a barricade
• against you, and surround you and
• hem you in on every side, and they
• will level you to the ground and
• your children within you, and they
• will not leave in you one stone upon
• another, because you did not
• recognize the time of your
• visitation. Luke 1941-44

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Jesus Wept

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it saying,
• If you had known in this day, even
• you, the things which make for
• peace! But now they have been
• hidden from your eyes. For the
• days will come upon you when your
• enemies will throw up a barricade
• against you, and surround you and
• hem you in on every side, and they
• will level you to the ground and
• your children within you, and they
• will not leave in you one stone upon
• another, because you did not
• recognize the time of your
• visitation. Luke 1941-44

• is used of any loud
• expression of grief,
• especially in mourning for
• the dead Vine's Dictionary
• to weep or wail, with
• emphasis upon the noise
• accompanying the weeping
• Louw and Nidas Lexicon
• Luke 2262 Acts 2113

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Why did Jesus Weep?

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it
• Seeing the people, He felt
• compassion for them, because they
• were distressed and dispirited like
• sheep without a shepherd.
• Go to the lost sheep of the house
• of Israel.
• For what will it profit a man if he
• gains the whole world and forfeits
• his soul? Or what will a man give in
• exchange for his soul?

• Lost souls
• Matthew 936 106 1626

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Why did Jesus Weep?

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it
• And He was teaching daily in the
• temple but the chief priests and
• the scribes and the leading men
• among the people were trying to
• destroy Him,

• Lost souls
• Matthew 936 106 1626
• Squandered opportunity
• Luke 1326

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Why did Jesus Weep?

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it
• He came to His own, and those who
• were His own did not receive Him.
• Therefore, behold, I am sending
• you prophets and wise men and
• scribes some of them you will kill
• and crucify, and some of them you
• will scourge in your synagogues,
• and persecute from city to city,

• Lost souls
• Matthew 936 106 1626
• Squandered opportunity
• Luke 1326
• Rejected message
• John 111 Matthew 2334

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Why did Jesus Weep?

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it
• In their case the prophecy of Isaiah
• is being fulfilled, which says, You
• will keep on hearing, but will not
• understand you will keep on seeing,
• but will not perceive for the heart
• of this people has become dull,
• with their ears they scarcely hear,
• and they have closed their eyes,
• otherwise they would see with their
• eyes, hear with their ears, and
• understand with their hearts, and I
• would heal them.

• Lost souls
• Matthew 936 106 1626
• Squandered opportunity
• Luke 1326
• Rejected message
• John 111 Matthew 2334
• Hardened hearts Matt. 1314-15

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Why did Jesus Weep?

• When He approached Jerusalem, He
• saw the city and wept over it
• For the days will come upon you
• when your enemies will throw up a
• barricade against you, and
• surround you and hem you in on
• every side, and they will level you to
• the ground and your children within
• you, and they will not leave in you
• one stone upon another, because
• you did not recognize the time of
• your visitation.

• Lost souls
• Matthew 936 106 1626
• Squandered opportunity
• Luke 1326
• Rejected message
• John 111 Matthew 2334
• Hardened hearts Matt. 1314-15
• Certain judgment Luke 1943-44

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Does Jesus weep when He looks at me?

• Lost soul
• Squandered opportunity
• Rejected message
• Hardened heart
• Certain judgment

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Do I weep when I look at myself?

• Lost soul
• Squandered opportunity
• Rejected message
• Hardened heart
• Certain judgment