Matthew 23:30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Cross-references
In Matthew 23:34, Jesus predicts they will kill prophets he sends — directly opposing their claim they would never have done so.
In Matthew 23:35, Jesus says they bear guilt for all righteous blood — contradicting their claim of innocence in shedding prophets' blood.
In Matthew 23:37, Jesus directly accuses Jerusalem of killing prophets — contradicting the Pharisees' claim they would not.
In Matthew 21:35, the parable shows tenants killing servants — a pattern of killing prophets that the Pharisees claim they would have avoided.
Matthew 27:25 shows the crowd taking responsibility for Jesus' blood — fulfilling the pattern the Pharisees claimed they would avoid.
In Matthew 21:36, more servants are sent and killed — reinforcing the repeated rejection of prophets that the Pharisees disavow.
In Jeremiah 2:30, God says Israel devoured their prophets — directly contradicting the Pharisees' claim they would never have killed them.
In 2 Kings 21:16, Manasseh shed innocent blood — a historical example of the ancestor murder the Pharisees deny they would have joined.
Jeremiah 26:15 warns that killing a prophet brings innocent blood on the city — exactly the sin the Pharisees claim they'd avoid.
Revelation 16:6 describes shedding saints' and prophets' blood — the very sin the Pharisees claim innocence of.
In 2 Chronicles 36:15, God repeatedly sends messengers — the background of prophetic ministry that the Pharisees claim they would have respected.
In Psalm 50:18, God rebukes those who claim innocence yet join with sinners — mirroring the Pharisees' claim they wouldn't join their ancestors in killing prophets.
In 2 Chronicles 29:6, ancestors are confessed as unfaithful — contrasting the Pharisees' assumption of innocence in their forefathers' sins.
In Ezra 9:7, great guilt from ancestors is confessed — opposing the Pharisees' claim they would have been innocent of prophet-killing.
Zechariah 1:2 recalls God's anger at the ancestors — the same ancestors the Pharisees disavow in their claim about prophets.
Luke 20:11's parable shows servants (prophets) being beaten — echoing the ancestral rejection of prophets the Pharisees disown.