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Luke 11:47

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and 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!

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

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  • Matthew 23:29–33

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

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