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35 And so, upon you shall come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah,[a] whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar. [b] 36 Amen, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.”

Holy Temple to Be Destroyed

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:35 Some mss. omit son of Berechiah.
  2. Matthew 23:36 cf. Gen. 4:8; Zech. 1:1; 2 Chr. 24:21.