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Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'
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so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world [a] -
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from the blood of Abel [b] to the blood of Zechariah, [c] who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. "Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible. [d]
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"Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge! You didn't go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in."
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When He left there,[e] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;
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they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.[f]