31. So you give witness against yourselves. You admit that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets.
32. So finish the sins that those who lived before you started!
33. "You nest of poisonous snakes! How will you escape from being sentenced to hell?
34. So I am sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers. You will kill some of them. You will nail some to a cross. Others you will whip in your synagogues. You will chase them from town to town.
35. "So you will pay for all the godly people's blood spilled on earth. I mean from the blood of godly Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berekiah. Zechariah was the one you murdered between the temple and the altar.