Matthew 23:34

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

³³ ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell? ³⁴ "Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

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Law and the Prophets

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Wise Men

Matthew 10:16-17

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:23

When they persecute you in one city, fly into another: I tell you for a truth, ye shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the son of man be come.

Matthew 13:52

Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

Acts 13:1

There were at Antioch, in the congregation, certain prophets and teachers: as Barnabas and Symeon called Niger; And Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's nurse-fellow, and Saul.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, sending them betimes: for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.

Matthew 23:34-36

"Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost;

Luke 11:49-51

"Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:

Luke 24:47

And that repentance, and remission of sins, should be preached in his name among all nations. And must begin at Jerusalem.

John 16:2

They shall excommunicate you: yea the time shall come, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God true service.

John 20:21

Then Jesus said unto them again, "Peace be with you. As my father sent me, even so send I you."

Acts 1:8

but ye shall receive power of the holy ghost which shall come on you. And ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Jewry, and in Samaria, and even unto the world's end."

Acts 5:40

And to him they agreed, and called the apostles, and beat them, and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Acts 7:51-52

"Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Acts 7:58-59

and cast him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, named Saul.

Acts 9:1-2

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Acts 11:27

In those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Acts 12:2

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword:

Acts 14:19

Thither came certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and obtained the peoples' consent, and stoned Paul: and drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas being prophets, exhorted the brethren with much preaching, and strengthened them.

Acts 22:19-20

And I said, 'Lord they know that I prisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee.

1 Corinthians 2:6

That we speak of is wisdom among them that are perfect - not the wisdom of this world, neither of the rulers of this world, which goeth to nought -

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God given unto me, as a wise builder have I laid the foundation; and another hath built thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth upon.

1 Corinthians 12:3-11

Wherefore I declare unto you that no man speaking in the spirit of God defieth Jesus. Also no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy ghost.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

in death often. Of the Jews, five times received I, every time, forty stripes, save one.

Ephesians 4:8-12

Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."

Colossians 1:28

whom we preach warning all men, and teaching all men in all wisdom, to make all men perfect in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

and forbid us to preach unto the gentiles, that they might be saved, to fulfill their sins always: For the wrath of God is come on them, even to the utmost.

Hebrews 11:37

were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation,

Revelation 11:10

And they that dwell upon the earth, shall rejoice over them and be glad, and shall send gifts one to another: for these two prophets vexed them that dwelt on the earth.