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Luke 11:48

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.

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

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:

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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BSB
So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
KJV
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
WEB
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
ASV
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
DARBY
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].
BLB
So you⁺ are witnesses and consent to the works of your⁺ fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you⁺ build the tombs.
ÅB
Så gir dere da deres fedres gjerninger vitnesbyrd og samtykke; for de slo dem ihjel, og dere bygger.
OTB
Så dere vitner om at dere godkjenner deres forfedres gjerninger; de drepte profetene, og dere bygger deres gravsteder.
B1930
Så gir I da eders fedres gjerninger vidnesbyrd og samtykke; for de slo dem ihjel, og I bygger.

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Cross references

  • James 5:10

    Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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  • Matthew 23:31

    Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

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  • Matthew 21:35–38

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

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  • Acts 7:51–52

    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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  • Hebrews 11:35–38

    Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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  • Ezekiel 18:19

    Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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  • Joshua 24:22

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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