31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Matthew 23:31
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Luke 11:47–49
47 Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. 48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them…
Acts 7:51–53
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James 5:5–7
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Matthew 15:6–8
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Matthew 23:34–36
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Job 15:5–7
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1 Thessalonians 2:14–16
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2 Esdras 1:31–33
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