Luke 11:50

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so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

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  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. 6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
  • Num 35:33 : 33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
  • Isa 26:21 : 21 For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
  • Jer 7:29 : 29 So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the LORD is a God who punishes; he pays back in full.
  • Rev 18:20-24 : 20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!) 21 Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,“With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again! 22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again. 23 Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells! 24 The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

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  • Luke 11:51
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    51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

  • Matt 23:34-37
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    34“For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

    35so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

    37Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

  • Luke 11:47-49
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    47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

    48So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

    49For this reason also the wisdom of God said,‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

  • Matt 23:30-32
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    30And you say,‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

    31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

    32Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

  • Rev 18:24
    69%

    24The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

  • Lam 4:13
    68%

    13מ(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

  • Acts 7:52
    68%

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

  • Rev 16:6
    68%

    6because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”

  • Matt 11:13
    67%

    13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

  • Gen 9:5-6
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    66%

    5For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

    6“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

  • Matt 27:25
    66%

    25In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

  • Luke 17:25
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    25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

  • Ps 79:3
    65%

    3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

  • Acts 3:23-24
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    23Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

    24And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

  • Heb 9:20
    65%

    20and said,“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

  • Luke 1:70
    64%

    70as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

  • Deut 19:10
    64%

    10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

  • Luke 11:29-30
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    64%

    29The Sign of Jonah As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say,“This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

    30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

  • Ezek 24:7-8
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    7For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

    8To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

  • Luke 21:32
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    32I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

  • Mic 3:10
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    10You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

  • Lev 17:11
    64%

    11for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

  • Matt 27:8
    64%

    8For this reason that field has been called the“Field of Blood” to this day.

  • Heb 9:18
    64%

    18So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

  • 2 Kgs 24:4
    63%

    4Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.

  • Acts 3:21
    63%

    21This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

  • Ezek 35:6
    63%

    6Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

  • Ezek 3:20
    63%

    20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

  • Mark 12:8
    63%

    8So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

  • Isa 14:21
    63%

    21Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”

  • Matt 21:39
    63%

    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
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    11Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

  • Deut 18:19
    63%

    19I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.

  • Luke 20:15
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    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

  • Gen 4:10
    63%

    10But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

  • Mark 13:30
    63%

    30I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • John 11:53
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    53So from that day they planned together to kill him.