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"So you testify against yourselves, that you 1are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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"Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
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"You serpents, 2you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of 3hell?
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"4Therefore*, behold, 5I am sending you prophets and wisemen and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will 6scourge in your synagogues, and 7persecute from city to city,
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so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteousbloodshed on earth, from the blood of righteous8Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the 9son of Berechiah, whom10you murderedbetween the temple and the altar.
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"Truly I say to you, allthesethings will come upon 11thisgeneration.#rl
Lament over Jerusalem
37"12Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who 13kills the prophets and stonesthose who are sent to her! Howoften I wanted to gather your childrentogether, 14the way a hengathers her chicksunder her wings, and you were unwilling*.
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"Behold, 15your house is being left to you desolate!
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"For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, '16BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "