Matthew 23:34-39
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x Therefore y I send you z prophets and wise men and a scribes, b some of whom you will kill and crucify, and b some you will c flog in your synagogues and d persecute from town to town,
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so that on you may come all e the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent f Abel to the blood of g Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between h the sanctuary and i the altar.
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Truly, I say to you, j all these things will come upon this generation.
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k "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that l kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have m gathered n your children together o as a hen gathers her brood p under her wings, and q you would not!
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See, r your house is left to you desolate.
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For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, s 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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Matthew 23:34 - 36
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Luke 11:49 - 51
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.
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Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over t...
Mark 13:9
But be on your guard. For they will deliver you...
Luke 21:12
But before all this they will lay their hands o...
Acts 22:19
And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in...
Acts 26:11
And I punished them often in all the synagogues...
Luke 12:11
And when they bring you before the synagogues a...
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
Genesis 4:8
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying.
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Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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Exodus 40:6
You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
2 Kings 16:14
And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
Ezekiel 40:47
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 16:28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew 24:34
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
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Matthew 23:37 - 39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34 - 35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 19:41 - 44
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Psalms 147:2
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded.
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Luke 23:28
But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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Deuteronomy 32:11 - 12
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.
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Ruth 2:12
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!
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John 5:40
Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
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Matthew 23:37 - 39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34 - 35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
Jeremiah 22:5
But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
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Matthew 21:9
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Psalms 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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Psalms 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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