Luke 11:47 “Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fath…”

Luke 11:47

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Wo be to you: for ye builde the sepulchres of the Prophetes, and your fathers killed them.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Bible in Basic English

A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

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In context

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.

48So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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