Matthew 23:29-38

English Standard Version

²⁹^(A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^(B)sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³²^(C)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³You serpents, ^(D)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(E)hell? ³⁴^(F)Therefore ^(G)I send you ^(H)prophets and wise men and ^(I)scribes, ^(J)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(K)some you will ^(L)flog in your synagogues and ^(M)persecute from town to town, ³⁵so that on you may come all ^(N)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(O)Abel to the blood of ^(P)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(Q)the sanctuary and ^(R)the altar. ³⁶Truly, I say to you, ^(S)all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

³⁷^(T)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(U)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^(V)gathered ^(W)your children together ^(X)as a hen gathers her brood ^(Y)under her wings, and ^(Z)you were not willing! ³⁸See, ^(AA)your house is left to you desolate.