Matthew 23:31-36

English Standard Version

³¹ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^(A)sons of those who murdered the prophets. ^32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³ You serpents, ^(C)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(D)hell? ^34 (E)Therefore ^(F)I send you ^(G)prophets and wise men and ^(H)scribes, ^(I)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(J)some you will ^(K)flog in your synagogues and ^(L)persecute from town to town, ³⁵ so that on you may come all ^(M)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(N)Abel to the blood of ^(O)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(P)the sanctuary and ^(Q)the altar. ³⁶ Truly, I say to you, ^(R)all these things will come upon this generation.