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One of
1the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also. ”
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And he said, “Woe to you
2lawyers also! For
3you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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4Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
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5So you are witnesses and you
6consent to the deeds of
7your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
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so that
13the blood of all the prophets, shed
14from the foundation of the world, may be
15charged against this generation,
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from the blood of
16Abel to the blood of
17Zechariah, who perished between
18the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be
19required of this generation.
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Woe to you
20lawyers!
21For you have taken away the key of
22knowledge. You
23did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering. ”
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As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
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24lying in wait for him,
25to catch him in something he might say.