Matthew 23:32-34

Expanded Bible

³² ·And you will complete the sin that your ancestors started [or Go ahead and finish what your fathers started!; ^LFill up the measure of your fathers].

³³ “You ·are snakes [serpents]! A ·family of poisonous snakes [^Tbrood/offspring of vipers]! How are you going to escape ·God’s judgment [the sentence/judgment/damnation of hell/Gehenna; 5:22]? ³⁴ ·So I tell you this [For this reason]: I am sending to you prophets and wise men and ·teachers [scribes; experts in the law]. Some of them you will kill and crucify. Some of them you will ·beat [scourge; flog] in your synagogues and ·chase [hunt; persecute] from town to town.