Matthew 23:31

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But you’re being witnesses against yourselves. You’re admitting that you’re descended from the people who murdered the prophets.

Cross References

Luke 19:22

“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you worthless slave! So you knew that I’m a hard man? You knew that I take out what I didn’t put in and that I harvest what I didn’t plant?

Matthew 23:30

And you say, ‘If we’d lived back in those days, we wouldn’t have helped kill the prophets.’

Matthew 23:32

They killed them, and you finish the job by building their tombs!

Matthew 23:34

I’m sending you prophets, wise people, and teachers. You’ll kill some of them by nailing them to a cross. You’ll whip others in your synagogues and chase them from town to town.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones at those who are sent to you. Many times I’ve wanted to gather your people together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you wouldn’t let me!