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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“`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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 23:29 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 11:47Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
  2. 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.

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

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