33 “Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?[a](A) 34 This is why I am sending you prophets,(B) sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues(C) and pursue from town to town. 35 So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,[b] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah,(D) son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:33 Lit escape from the judgment of gehenna
  2. 23:35 Lit will come on you

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(A) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(B) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(C) others you will flog in your synagogues(D) and pursue from town to town.(E) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(F) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(G) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(H)

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