9 Bible Verses about Responsibility For Blood Shed

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.

And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.

And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

But when they set themselves in opposition, and reviled, he shook his clothing, and said to them: Your blood be upon your own head; I am clean. Henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

and they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, Sovereign, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot that corrupted the earth with her lewdness; and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.

For this reason I solemnly affirm to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.