9 Bible Verses about Responsibility For Blood Shed

it is that on your heads may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of Abel the upright to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar!

and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself."

The high priests gathered up the money, and they said, "It is not legal to put this into the Temple treasury, for it is blood money."

And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

But as they contradicted and abused him, he shook his clothes in protest, and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not to blame for it! After this I will go to the heathen."

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long is it to be before you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?"

for his judgments are sound and upright. For he has passed judgment upon the great idolatress who corrupted the earth with her idolatry, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves upon her!"

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

Therefore I declare to you today that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,