Matthew 23:34
That's why I'm sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers. Some of them you will kill, some of them you will crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, hunting them from town to town.
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In Context
33You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:15Again and again the Lord, the God of their fathers, warned his people through his prophets, because he wanted to show mercy to them and to his Temple.
Matthew 10:16Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 13:52“This is why every religious teacher who's learned about the kingdom of heaven is like a house-owner who brings out from his storeroom both new and old treasures,” Jesus said.
Matthew 28:19So go and make disciples of people of all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 24:47repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
John 20:21“May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I'm sending you.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34
The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →