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Matthew 23:30

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

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

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
KJV
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
WEB
and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
ASV
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
DARBY
and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
BLB
And you⁺ say, ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
ÅB
‘Hadde vi levd på forfedrenes tid ville vi ikke ha vært medskyldige med dem i profetenes blod!’
OTB
Og dere sier: ‘Hadde vi levd i våre forfedres dager, ville vi ikke ha vært medskyldige med dem i å utgyte profetenes blod.’
B1930
Hadde vi levd i våre fedres dager, da hadde vi ikke vært medskyldige med dem i profetenes blod!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 23:34–35

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

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  • Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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  • Matthew 21:35–36

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:15

    And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

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