Was reading in Matthew today and came across this verse.
"Woe to YOU, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because YOU build the graves of the prophets and decorate the memorial tombs of the righteous ones, 30?and YOU say, ‘If we were in the days of our forefathers, we would not be sharers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ "
It struck me that the Society did this very same thing with Beth Sarim.
WTS only addresses verse 28 three times in all its publications. Once for the use of the term "hypocrites", once for some other thing discussing the Greek work kosmos, but only one time for the actual content of the verse.
w60 4/1 p.210 par. 17
"“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the graves of the prophets and decorate the memorial tombs of the righteous ones, and you say: ‘If we had been in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been sharers with them in the blood of the prophets.’” But it was these very hypocrites who killed the greatest prophet of all, Jesus Christ! They were glad to build tombs for the prophets and decorate them to draw attention to their own deeds of charity, but woe to the living prophet who would dare to expose their hypocrisy!—Matt. 23:29, 30."