Matthew 23:31

Good News Translation

So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

Cross References

Psalm 64:8

He will destroy them because of those words; all who see them will shake their heads.

Lamentations 4:13

But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.

Matthew 23:30

and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:32

Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!

Matthew 23:34

And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not planted.

Joshua 24:22

Joshua told them, “You are your own witnesses to the fact that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes,” they said, “we are witnesses.”