Matthew 23:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.”
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 23:29 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 11:47Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
- Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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