They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

“Woe to you! You build monuments to the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.

I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

Being in anguish, He prayed more fervently, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.]