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Luke 11:50

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.’

As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

52 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

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BSB
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
KJV
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
WEB
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
ASV
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
DARBY
that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
BLB
so that the blood of all the prophets poured out from the foundation of the world might be required from this generation,
ÅB
for at alle profeters blod, som er utøst fra verdens grunnvoll ble lagt, skal bli krevd av denne slekt,
OTB
slik at blodet av alle profetene, utgytt siden verdens grunnleggelse, kan bli tilregnet denne generasjonen,
B1930
forat alle profeters blod, som er utøst fra verdens grunnvoll blev lagt, skal bli krevd av denne slekt,

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Cross references

  • Genesis 9:5–6

    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

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  • 2 Kings 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

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  • Revelation 18:20–24

    Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

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  • Numbers 35:33

    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

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  • Jeremiah 51:56

    For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

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  • Jeremiah 7:29

    Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

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  • Psalms 9:12

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

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