He also accuses them of building tombs for the prophets and embellishing the monuments of the saints, saying "If we had been alive in our fathers' time, we should never have taken part with them in the murder of the prophets." But mostly we take part in murder by keeping silent.
Gospel: Jesus again excoriates "hypocrites," people who profess to be religious but are in fact cruel and heartless: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites....on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing" (Mt 23: 27-32).
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