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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BSBPD

“Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 11:47 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
  2. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  3. 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,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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