Matthew 23:29
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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
In other translations
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Greek words
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoeG3759ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesG1122καὶkaiandG2532ΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiPhariseesG5330ὑποκριταί,hupokritaihypocrites!G5273ὅτιhotiForG3754οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteyou buildG3618τοὺςtoustheG3588τάφουςtaphoustombsG5028τῶνtōnof theG3588προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsG4396καὶkaiandG2532κοσμεῖτεkosmeiteadornG2885τὰtatheG3588μνημεῖαmnēmeiamonumentsG3419τῶνtōnof theG3588δικαίωνdikaiōnrighteousG1342
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
Related verses
- Luke 11:47-4847 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.47 Woe to you! 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.
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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