33 You snakes, (A)you [a]offspring of vipers, how [b]will you escape the [c]sentence of [d](B)hell?

34 (C)Therefore, behold, (D)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will (E)flog in your synagogues, and (F)persecute from city to city, 35 so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (G)Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the (H)son of Berechiah, whom (I)you murdered between the [e]temple and the altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:33 Or brood
  2. Matthew 23:33 Lit are you to escape
  3. Matthew 23:33 Or judgment
  4. Matthew 23:33 Gr Gehenna
  5. Matthew 23:35 Or sanctuary

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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