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Micah 6

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¹ "Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

² and you say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

³ So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

⁴ Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers' sins.

⁵ You[5] serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

⁶ "Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,

⁷ so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous[6] Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

⁸ I assure you and most solemnly say to you, [the judgment for] all these things [these vile and murderous deeds] will come on this generation.

⁹ "[7] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

¹⁰ Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!

¹¹ For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, 'Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

¹² Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive][1] buildings of the temple.

¹³ And He said to them, "Do you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down."

¹⁴ While Jesus was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, and said, "Tell us, when will this [destruction of the temple] take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end (completion, consummation) of the age?"

¹⁵ Jesus answered, "Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error].

¹⁶ For many will come in My name [misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me], saying, 'I am the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),' and they will mislead many.

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1	"Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
2	and you say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
3	So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
4	Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers' sins.
5	You[5] serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?
6	"Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,
7	so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous[6] Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
8	I assure you and most solemnly say to you, [the judgment for] all these things [these vile and murderous deeds] will come on this generation.
9	"[7] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
10	Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!
11	For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, 'Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
12	Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive][1] buildings of the temple.
13	And He said to them, "Do you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down."
14	While Jesus was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, and said, "Tell us, when will this [destruction of the temple] take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end (completion, consummation) of the age?"
15	Jesus answered, "Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error].
16	For many will come in My name [misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me], saying, 'I am the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),' and they will mislead many.

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