Matthew 21:35
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35 (A)And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
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2 Chronicles 36:15-16
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
15 (B)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But (C)they mocked the messengers of God, (D)despised His words, and (E)scoffed at His prophets, until the (F)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
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Hebrews 11:36-37
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36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and (A)of chains and imprisonment. 37 (B)They were stoned, they were sawn in two, [a]were tempted, were slain with the sword. (C)They wandered about (D)in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—
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- Hebrews 11:37 NU omits were tempted
Nehemiah 9:26
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26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
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- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
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Matthew 5:12
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12 (A)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for (B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Revelation 6:9
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Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the testimony which they held.
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Luke 13:33-34
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33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)
34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
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Matthew 23:31-37
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31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (A)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (C)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (D)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (E)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (F)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (G)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (H)from the blood of righteous Abel to (I)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(J)
37 (K)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (L)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (M)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (N)under her wings, but you were not willing!
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- Matthew 23:33 offspring
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God (C)and are [a]contrary to all men, 16 (D)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always (E)to fill up the measure of their sins; (F)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile
Jeremiah 26:21-24
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21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled, and went to Egypt. 22 Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor, and other men who went with him to Egypt. 23 And they brought Urijah from Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the [a]common people.
24 Nevertheless (A)the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
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- Jeremiah 26:23 Lit. sons of the people
Jeremiah 25:3-7
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3 (A)“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, (B)but you have not listened. 4 And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, (C)rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, (D)‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. 6 Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’ 7 Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “that you might (E)provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
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Jeremiah 2:30
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30 “In vain I have (A)chastened your children;
They (B)received no correction.
Your sword has (C)devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
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21 So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they (A)stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his [a]father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and (B)repay!”
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- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Foster father
2 Chronicles 16:10
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10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and (A)put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
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1 Kings 22:24
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24 Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and (A)struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (B)“Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
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1 Kings 19:10
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10 So he said, (A)“I have been very (B)zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and (C)killed Your prophets with the sword. (D)I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, (A)“So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”
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1 Kings 18:13
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13 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid one hundred men of the Lord’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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1 Kings 18:4
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4 For so it was, while Jezebel [a]massacred the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)
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- 1 Kings 18:4 Lit. cut off
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