Luke 11:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.”
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“So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 11:48 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Ezekiel 18:19Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
- Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Hebrews 11:35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
- James 5:10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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