Luke 11:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.”
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“Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 11:47 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
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