Matthew 23:30-33
23:30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, 1 we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
23:31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
23:32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
23:33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 2
1 tn Grk “fathers” (so also in v. 32).
2 tn Grk “the judgment of Gehenna.”
sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.