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Matthew 23:32

30 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.

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34 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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BSB
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
KJV
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
WEB
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
ASV
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
DARBY
and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
BLB
And you⁺, fill up the measure of your⁺ fathers.
ÅB
Fullfør da det forfedrene deres begynte!
OTB
Så fullfør da det deres forfedre begynte!
B1930
fyll da også I eders fedres mål!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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  • Numbers 32:14

    And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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