Matthew 23:31

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Matthew 23:31

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Thus you⁺ bear witness to yourselves that you⁺ are sons of those having murdered the prophets.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 23

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.’

³¹ 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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