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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
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Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”
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“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
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Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
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others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.
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They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”
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For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
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So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
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Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’
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Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
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“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
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Additional Teachings
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
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“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
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“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
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Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
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He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
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He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
