Luke 3:20

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added to these things by imprisoning John in prison as well.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin he caused Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also because of the innocent blood that he had shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to pardon.
  • 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice. 18 They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen. 20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.' 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Neh 9:26 : 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
  • Matt 21:35-41 : 35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!' 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers? 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'
  • Matt 22:6-7 : 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
  • Matt 23:31-33 : 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?
  • Luke 13:31-34 : 31 At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.' 32 He replied, 'Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem. 34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
  • John 3:24 : 24 For John had not yet been put in prison.
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone. 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.

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