John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
What it says
He says these actions come from people who do not know the Father or him.
What it is doing
The violence is rooted in ignorance of God.
In context
1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. 2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. 3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. 4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.