Luke 11:48

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Luke 11:48

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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KJV

King James Version

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

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WEB

World English Bible

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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ASV

American Standard Version

So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

So you⁺ are witnesses and consent to the works of your⁺ fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you⁺ build the tombs.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 11

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.’

⁵⁰ 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,

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