Matthew 23:29–39

²⁹Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just, ³⁰and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. ³¹So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets: ³²and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers. ³³Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?

³⁴Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city; ³⁵so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! ³⁸Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; ³⁹for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth until ye say, Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord.