Luke 11:50
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,”
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“As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;”
King James Version · Public Domain“that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 11:50 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- 2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
- Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
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