34 [a]Wherefore behold, I send unto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucify: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

35 [b]That upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth, (A)from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zechariah the son of [c]Berechiah, (B)whom ye slew between the Temple and the altar.

36 Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:34 Hypocrites be cruel.
  2. Matthew 23:35 The end of them which persecute the Gospel, under the pretence of zeal.
  3. Matthew 23:35 Of Joiada, who was also called Berechiah, that is, blessed of the Lord.

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