Luke 11:47
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Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
In other translations
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
Greek words
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoeG3759ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771ὅτιhotiforG3754οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteyou buildG3618τὰtatheG3588μνημεῖαmnēmeiatombsG3419τῶνtōnof theG3588προφητῶν,prophētōnprophets,G4396οἱhoi<the>G3588δὲdeyetG1161πατέρεςpateresthe fathersG3962ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771ἀπέκτεινανapekteinankilledG615αὐτούς.autousthem.G846
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Related verses
- Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: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,
- Matthew 23:29-3329 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 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. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.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.
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