Matthew 23:31–39

³¹Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^tsons of those who murdered the prophets. ^32uFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³You serpents, ^vyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^whell? ^34xTherefore ^yI send you ^zprophets and wise men and ^ascribes, ^bsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^bsome you will ^cflog in your synagogues and ^dpersecute from town to town, ³⁵so that on you may come all ^ethe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^fAbel to the blood of ^gZechariah the son of Barachiah,⁶ whom you murdered between ^hthe sanctuary and ⁱthe altar. ³⁶Truly, I say to you, ^jall these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

^37k“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^lkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^mgathered ⁿyour children together ^oas a hen gathers her brood ^punder her wings, and ^qyou were not willing! ³⁸See, ^ryour house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ^s‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”