9 Bible Verses about Responsibility For Blood Shed

that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it.

And the chief priests taking the silver said, It is not lawful to put it into the 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 disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth?

for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to it.

Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men;