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Matthew 23:39
For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”
from Lament over Jerusalem, Matthew 23:37-39
What it says

Jesus says they will not see him again until they bless the one who comes in the Lord’s name.

What it is doing

This verse ends with future recognition still ahead.

In context

37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”