Bible Cross References
entreated
Matthew 23:30-37
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and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.
31
So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
32
Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!
33
You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?
34
And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
35
As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36
I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!
37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
Acts 7:52
Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News that comes from him.
Hebrews 11:36
Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats---poor, persecuted, and mistreated.
and sent
Hosea 10:1
The people of Israel were like a grapevine that was full of grapes. The more prosperous they were, the more altars they built. The more productive their land was, the more beautiful they made the sacred stone pillars they worship.