Matthew 23:33-37
Matthew 23:33
You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
Matthew 23:34
“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 flog in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,
Matthew 23:35
so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 23:36
Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. Grieving over Jerusalem
Matthew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.