Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

Luke 11
⁴⁸ But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!
⁴⁹ This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’
⁵⁰ “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—
⁵¹ from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.
⁵² “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”
⁵³ As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.
⁵⁴ They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
Luke 12
¹ Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.
² The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.
³ Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!
⁴ “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.