KJV King James Version
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
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Matthew 23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
WEB World English Bible
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
ASV American Standard Version
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:
Surrounding context — Matthew 23
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
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ὅπωςG3704 · hopōsthatἔλθῃG2064 · erchomaito come/goἐφ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouπᾶνG3956 · pasallαἷμαG129 · ahimabloodδίκαιονG1342 · dikaiosjustἐκχυννόμενονG1632 · ekcheōto pour outἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆς,G1093 · gēearth: planetἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἵματοςG129 · ahimabloodἍβελG6 · AbelAbelτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoδικαίουG1342 · dikaiosjustἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἵματοςG129 · ahimabloodΖαχαρίουG2197 · ZachariasZechariahυἱοῦG5207 · uhiossonΒαραχίουG914 · BarachiasBarachiahὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐφονεύσατεG5407 · phoneuōto murderμεταξὺG3342 · metaxubetween/meanwhileτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoναοῦG3485 · naostempleκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυσιαστηρίου.G2379 · thusiastērionaltar
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 24:20-22And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.Zechariah 1:1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,Genesis 4:8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.Revelation 18:24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.Jeremiah 26:15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.2 Kings 24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.2 Kings 21:16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.Jeremiah 26:23And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.Luke 11:51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.Isaiah 26:21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.Lamentations 4:13-14For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.Jeremiah 2:34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.1 John 3:11-12For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.Deuteronomy 21:7-8And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it].
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