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33 You serpents, (A)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (B)hell? 34 (C)Therefore (D)I send you (E)prophets and wise men and (F)scribes, (G)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (H)some you will (I)flog in your synagogues and (J)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (K)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent (L)Abel to the blood of (M)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (N)the sanctuary and (O)the altar.

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  1. Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah

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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