Ezekiel 16:2-3
16:2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem
with her abominable practices
16:3 and say, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Matthew 23:29-37
23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
23:30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
23:31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
23:32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
23:33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
23:34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
23:36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!
Judgment on Israel
23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
Luke 11:47-51
11:47 Woe to you! You build
the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors
killed.
11:48 So you testify that you approve of
the deeds of your ancestors,
because they killed the prophets
and you build their
tombs!
11:49 For this reason also the wisdom
of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable
for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning
of the world,
11:51 from the blood of Abel
to the blood of Zechariah,
who was killed
between the altar and the sanctuary.
Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against
this generation.
Luke 13:33-35
13:33 Nevertheless I must
go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible
that a prophet should be killed
outside Jerusalem.’
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you!
How often I have longed
to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but
you would have none of it!
13:35 Look, your house is forsaken!
And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Acts 7:51-52
7:51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
7:52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!