47. How terrible for you, because you build tombs for the prophets. But these are the prophets that your fathers killed!
48. And now you show that you approve of what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build tombs for the prophets!
49. This is why in his wisdom God said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. Some of my prophets and apostles will be killed, and others will be treated cruelly.’
50. So you who live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world.
51. You will be punished for the killing of Abel and for the killing of Zechariah. Zechariah was killed between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I tell you that you people who live now will be punished for them all.
52. “How terrible for you, you teachers of the law. You have hidden the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”
53. When Jesus was leaving, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees began to give him trouble, asking him questions about many things.
54. They were trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong.