Matthew 23:30 meaning and explanation

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Matthew 23:30, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to the crowds and his disciples about the scribes and Pharisees in his final week in Jerusalem. In verse 30 the leaders claim they would never have joined their ancestors in killing the prophets.

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