29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophetso and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.p 32 Go ahead, then, and completeq what your ancestors started!r

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!s How will you escape being condemned to hell?t 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;u others you will flog in your synagoguesv and pursue from town to town.w 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abelx to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,y whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.z 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.a

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,b how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,c and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.d 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’c”e