Therefore the wisdom of God also said, "I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'
Luke 11:49
Surrounding context
11:48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
11:49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, "I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'
11:50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,