Matthew:23:29-37
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Woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
because ye build the tombs of the prophets ,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous ,
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And say ,
If we had been in the days of our fathers ,
we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets .
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Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves ,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets .
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Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers .
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Ye serpents ,
ye generation of vipers ,
how can ye escape the damnation of hell ?
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Wherefore ,
behold ,
I send unto you prophets ,
and wise men ,
and scribes :
and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ;
and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues ,
and persecute them from city to city :
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That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth ,
from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias ,
whom ye slew between the temple and the altar .
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Verily I say unto you ,
All these things shall come upon this generation .
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O Jerusalem ,
Jerusalem ,
thou that killest the prophets ,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee ,
how often would I have gathered thy children together ,
even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ,
and ye would not !