Revelation 16:6
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6 For (A)they have shed the blood of (B)saints and prophets,
and (C)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
Isaiah 49:26
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26 (A)I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk (B)with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that (C)I am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Revelation 11:18
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18 The nations raged,
but (A)your wrath came,
and (B)the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
and (C)those who fear your name,
both small and great,
and (D)for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
Revelation 6:10-11
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10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (A)holy and true, (B)how long (C)before you will judge and (D)avenge our blood on (E)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (F)a white robe and (G)told to rest a little longer, (H)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[a] (I)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
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- Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Revelation 18:24
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24 And (A)in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of (B)all who have been slain on earth.”
Revelation 17:6-7
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6 And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]
When I saw her, I marveled greatly. 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you (C)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
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- Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
Revelation 13:15
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15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (A)worship the image of the beast (B)to be slain.
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Luke 11:49-50
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Revelation 19:2
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2 for (A)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (B)the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (C)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Revelation 13:10
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10 (A)If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
(B)if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
(C)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
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Matthew 23:30-37
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30 saying, ‘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.’ 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.
Lament over Jerusalem
37 (S)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (T)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (U)gathered (V)your children together (W)as a hen gathers her brood (X)under her wings, and (Y)you were not willing!
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Lamentations 4:13
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13 This was for (A)the sins of her prophets
and (B)the iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.
2 Kings 24:4
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4 and also (A)for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.
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Revelation 18:20
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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”
Hebrews 10:29
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29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (A)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (B)the blood of the covenant (C)by which he was sanctified, and has (D)outraged the Spirit of grace?
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Matthew 21:35-41
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35 (A)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (B)stoned another. 36 (C)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (D)‘This is the heir. Come, (E)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and (F)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 (G)When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, (H)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and (I)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
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Matthew 7:2
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2 (A)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and (B)with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
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Jeremiah 26:16
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Jeremiah Spared from Death
16 (A)Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, (B)“This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
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Jeremiah 26:11
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11 Then (A)the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, (B)“This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
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Jeremiah 2:30
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30 In vain have I (A)struck your children;
they took no correction;
(B)your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.
Isaiah 51:22-23
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22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,
your God (A)who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand (B)the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
23 (C)and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
(D)who have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and (E)you have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”
Deuteronomy 32:42-43
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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and (A)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the (B)long-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 (C)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;[a]
bow down to him, all gods,[b]
for he (D)avenges the blood of his children[c]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[d]
and cleanses[e] his people's land.”[f]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or atones for
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people
Luke 12:48
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48 (A)But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, (B)will receive a light beating. (C)Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
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