Est 3:8, Mat 5:12, Luk 13:33-34, Act 2:23, 3:15, 5:30, 7:52 | ISV

Esther 3:8

Matthew 5:12

12 Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! For that's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you.”2Chr 36:16; Neh 9:26; Matt 23:34, 37; Luke 6:23; Acts 5:41; 7:52; Rom 5:3; 1Thes 2:15; James 1:2; 1Pet 4:13

Salt and Light in the World Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34-35

Luke 13:33-34

33 But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day, for it's not possible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’

34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you didn't want to!Matt 23:37

Acts 2:23

23 This very man, after he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.Matt 26:24; Luke 22:22; 24:44; Acts 3:18; 4:28; 5:30

Acts 3:15

15 and you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses to that.Acts 2:24, 32

Acts 5:30

30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus to life after you hung him on a tree and killed him.Acts 3:13, 15; 10:39; 13:29; 22:14; Gal 3:13; 1Pet 2:24

Acts 7:52

52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.2Chr 36:16; Matt 21:35; Acts 3:14; 1Thes 2:15