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Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
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You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
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Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
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that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
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Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate
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For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"