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Luke 11:47

45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

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

48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

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BSB
Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
KJV
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
WEB
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
ASV
Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
DARBY
Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
BLB
Woe to you⁺, because you⁺ build the tombs of the prophets, but your⁺ fathers killed them.
ÅB
Ve dere, dere som bygger gravsteder for profetene, og deres fedre slo dem ihjel!
OTB
Ve dere, for dere bygger gravsteder for profetene, og det var deres forfedre som drepte dem.
B1930
Ve eder, I som bygger gravsteder for profetene, og eders fedre slo dem ihjel!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:51

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    who 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,

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  • Matthew 23:29–33

    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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