2009-10-07T17:36:45-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/hen/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2023:37&version=KJV 2009-10-07T17:36:45-05:00 Jesus uses the metaphor of a hen gathering her chicks to her to describe the type of protection that God longed to provide for His people--but they continually rejected Him. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2023:37&version=NIV 2009-08-12T15:30:09-05:00 Jesus once lamented about how he longed to bring all of Jerusalem together as a hen gathers her chicks together. Jesus wanted to unite, not divide, but the crowds and religious leaders would have none of it.