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Matthew 23:31

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

30 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.’

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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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
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
KJV
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
WEB
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
ASV
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
DARBY
So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
BLB
Thus you⁺ bear witness to yourselves that you⁺ are sons of those having murdered the prophets.
ÅB
Så gir dere altså dere selv det vitnesbyrdet at dere er barn av de som slo profetene ihjel.
OTB
Ved å si dette, erkjenner dere at dere er etterkommere av dem som myrdet profetene.
B1930
Så gir I da eder selv det vidnesbyrd at I er deres barn som slo profetene ihjel;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 7:51–52

    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 2:15–16

    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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  • Job 15:5–6

    For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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  • Joshua 24:22

    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

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  • Luke 19:22

    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

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  • Psalms 64:8

    They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

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