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Matthew 23:29, 34-37

Matthew 23:29 CSB

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

Matthew 23:34-37 CSB

This is why I am sending you prophets,   sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues   and pursue from town to town. So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,   from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah,   son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.   Truly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.   “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,   who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks   under her wings, but you were not willing!