Matthew 23:29-24:2

New International Version

²⁹“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets^(A) and decorate the graves of the righteous. ³⁰And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.^(B) ³²Go ahead, then, and complete^(C) what your ancestors started!^(D)

³³“You snakes! You brood of vipers!^(E) How will you escape being condemned to hell?^(F) ³⁴Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;^(G) others you will flog in your synagogues^(H) and pursue from town to town.^(I) ³⁵And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel^(J) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,^(K) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.^(L) ³⁶Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.^(M)

³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,^(N) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(O) and you were not willing. ³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate.^(P) ³⁹For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’^[a]”^(Q)

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times^(R)

24 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. ²“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another;^(S) every one will be thrown down.”

Footnotes

Matthew 23:39 Psalm 118:26

Isaiah 9:8-10:4

New International Version

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

⁸The Lord has sent a message^(A) against Jacob;
    it will fall on Israel.
⁹All the people will know it—
    Ephraim^(B) and the inhabitants of Samaria^(C)—
who say with pride
    and arrogance^(D) of heart,
¹⁰“The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;^(E)
the fig^(F) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.^(G)”
¹¹But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s^(H) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
¹²Arameans^(I) from the east and Philistines^(J) from the west
    have devoured^(K) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger^(L) is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.^(M)

¹³But the people have not returned^(N) to him who struck^(O) them,
    nor have they sought^(P) the Lord Almighty.
¹⁴So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(Q) in a single day;^(R)
¹⁵the elders^(S) and dignitaries^(T) are the head,
    the prophets^(U) who teach lies^(V) are the tail.
¹⁶Those who guide^(W) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(X)
¹⁷Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(Y)
    nor will he pity^(Z) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(AA) and wicked,^(AB)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(AC)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.^(AD)

¹⁸Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(AE)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(AF)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(AG)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹By the wrath^(AH) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(AI)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(AJ)
    they will not spare one another.^(AK)
²⁰On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(AL)
on the left they will eat,^(AM)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹    Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(AN)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(AO)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.^(AP)

10 Woe^(AQ) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(AR)
²to deprive^(AS) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(AT)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(AU)
³What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(AV)
    when disaster^(AW) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(AX)
    Where will you leave your riches?
⁴Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives^(AY)
    or fall among the slain.^(AZ)