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"Therefore also said the wisdom of God: `I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,'
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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
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from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
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Woe unto you, lawyers! For ye have taken away the key of knowledge. Ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, ye hindered."
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And as He said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press Him vehemently and to provoke Him to speak of many things,
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lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.