³⁴^cWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and ^dscribes: and ^esome of them ye shall kill and crucify; and ^fsome of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and ^gpersecute them from city to city: ³⁵That ^hupon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous ⁱAbel unto the blood of ^kZacharias son of ^lBarachias, whom ye slew between the ^mtemple and the ⁿaltar. ³⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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Footnotes

y Gen. 15:16. Dan. 8:23. So 1 Thess. 2:16.
zComp. ch. 7:2.
ach. 3:7. & 12:34.
bver. 15.
cTo ver. 36, Luke 11:49–51.
dch. 13:52.
eSee ch. 5:12. & 21:35. Comp. 2 Chr. 36:16.
fSee ch. 10:17.
gch. 10:23.
hSo Rev. 18:24.
iSee Gen. 4:8.
lBut comp. 2 Chr. 24:22 with Zech. 1:1.
m 1 Kin. 6:2, &c. Comp. Luke 11:51 (Gk.).

Cross references

k 2 Chr. 24:20, 21.
n Ex. 40:6, 29. 2 Kin. 16:14. Ezek. 40:47.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell? This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.

NLTNew Living Translation

Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started. Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

“Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city. As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar. I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you—fill up the measure of your fathers! Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How will you escape from the condemnation to hell? For this reason, behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town, so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation!