30 righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the 31 prophets. Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of 32 them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your 33 fathers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape 34 the judgement of [7]hell? Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 35 and persecute from city to city: 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 [_see Gen. 4:8; 2 Chron. 36 24:20-21_]. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 38 wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you 39 [11]desolate [_see Jer. 12:7; 22:5_]. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed _is_ he that cometh in the name of the Lord [_see Ps. 118:26_]. [Footnote 1: Many ancient authorities omit _and grievous to be borne_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _the heavenly_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _greater_.] [Footnote 4: Or, _minister_.] [Footnote 5: Gr. _before_.] [Footnote 6: Some authorities insert here, or after ver. 12, ver. 14, _Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation._ See Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47, above.] [Footnote 7: Gr. _Gehenna_.] [Footnote 8: Or, _sanctuary_: as in ver. 35.] [Footnote 9: Or, _bound_ by his oath.] [Footnote 10: Or, _dill_.] [Footnote 11: Some ancient authorities omit _desolate_.] [Footnote 12: Or, _even while for a pretence they make_.] [Footnote a: Jesus has been criticized for lack of self-control in this exposure of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. One must bear in mind the tremendous sins of which the Pharisees are guilty. The very teachers of righteousness are now in the act of rejecting and finally crucifying the Son of God. See my book, _The Pharisees and Jesus_, for full discussion.] § 138. JESUS CLOSELY OBSERVES[a] THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE TEMPLE, AND COMMENDS THE POOR WIDOW'S GIFT (_Tuesday_)