Luke 11:47

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Luke 11:47

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Woe to you⁺, because you⁺ build the tombs of the prophets, but your⁺ fathers killed them.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 11

⁴⁵ One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

⁴⁶ “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

⁴⁷ Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

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.’

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