Luke 11:51

New American Bible - revised edition

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!

Cross References

Genesis 4:2

Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Jeremiah 7:28

Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the Lord, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.

Zechariah 1:1

In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

Matthew 23:35

so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.