Matthew 23:33-39

33 You serpents, ¹you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ²hell?

34 ³Therefore ⁴I send you ⁵prophets and wise men and ⁶scribes, ⁷some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ⁸some you will ⁹flog in your synagogues and ¹⁰persecute from town to town,

35 so that on you may come all ¹¹the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent ¹²Abel to the blood of ¹³Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ¹⁴the sanctuary and ¹⁵the altar.

36 Truly, I say to you, ¹⁶all these things will come upon this generation.#rl

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ¹⁷"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ¹⁸kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ¹⁹gathered ²⁰your children together ²¹as a hen gathers her brood ²²under her wings, and ²³you would not!

38 See, ²⁴your house is left to you desolate.

39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ²⁵'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

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