23:31 - You are witnesses against yourselves, because you the the children of those who killed the prophets.
23:32 - Go ahead and fill up on the measure of your fathers.
23:33 - You snakes, you generation of poisonous snakes, how do you think that you can avoid hell’s damnation?
23:34 - Where do I need to send your prophets, wise men, and scribes; some will be killed and even crucified; some will run and hide in your synagogues, and become persecuted from city to city:
23:35 - That you will be responsible for all the good people who have been murdered, from Abel who was a good man to Zacharias, son of Barachias, who was killed between the temple and the altar.
23:36 - I say this to you truly, all of what I say shall occur during this generation.
23:37 - Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone those which I send to you, how often would I gather your children under my protection, as a hen would gather her chicks under her wing, and you would not allow me to!
23:38 - Look, your house is left to you destroyed.
23:39 - I’m telling you this, you will not see me after this until you say, He is blessed that comes in the name of the Lord.
