Matthew 23:34-37
34 aTherefore bI send you cprophets and wise men and dscribes, esome of whom you will kill and crucify, and fsome you will gflog in your synagogues and hpersecute from town to town, 35so that on you may come all ithe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous jAbel to the blood of kZechariah the son of Barachiah, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
whom you murdered between mthe sanctuary and nthe altar. 36Truly, I say to you, oall these things will come upon this generation. Lament over Jerusalem
37 p“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that qkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have rgathered syour children together tas a hen gathers her brood uunder her wings, and vyou were not willing!Galatians 5:11
11But if I, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
still preach ▼▼Greek proclaim
circumcision, ywhy am I still being persecuted? In that case zthe offense of the cross has been removed. Galatians 6:12-14
12 aaIt is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh abwho would force you to be circumcised, and only acin order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14But far be it from me to boast adexcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which ▼▼Or through whom
the world afhas been crucified to me, and I to the world. 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
14For you, brothers, agbecame imitators of ahthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For aiyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ajas they did from the Jews, ▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
15 alwho killed both the Lord Jesus and amthe prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and anoppose all mankind Hebrews 10:33-34
33sometimes being aopublicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34For apyou had compassion on those in prison, and aqyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ara better possession and an abiding one.
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