Matthew 23:34

Jesus says he will send prophets, wise men, and scribes whom they will persecute and kill. It foretells continued rejection of God's messengers, now sent by Christ himself.

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• Matt 10:16–17“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Matt 13:52He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
• Col 1:28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
• Acts 13:1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
• Luke 11:49–51Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
• Matt 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
• Matt 23:34–36Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
• Acts 7:58–59They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
• Acts 14:19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
• Acts 7:51–52“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
• 2 Cor 11:24–25Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
• Eph 4:8–12Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
• Heb 11:37They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
• 1 Cor 12:3–11Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 3:10According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
• 1 Cor 2:6We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
• Matt 28:19–20Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
• Rev 11:10Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
• Prov 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
• Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 12:2He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
• Acts 11:27Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
• Acts 22:19–20I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
• Acts 15:32Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
• John 20:21Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
• 2 Chr 36:15–16Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place;
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
• 1 Th 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
• Acts 9:1–2But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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