49 Because of this, the wisdom of Godw said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles,x and some of them they will kill and persecute,’y 50 so that this generationz may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the worldJ,aa—51 from the blood of Abelab to the blood of Zechariah,ac who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.K

52 “Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge.ad You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hinderedae those who were trying to go in.”

53 When he left there,L the scribes and the Pharisees began to opposeaf him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things; 54 they were lying in waitag for him to trap him in something he said.M,ah