Matthew 23:31 “So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who m…”

Matthew 23:31

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.

Darby Translation

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

Young's Literal Translation

So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

Bible in Basic English

So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

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Cross references

“witnesses”

Joshua 24:22 Luke 19:22 Psalm 64:8 Job 15:5 Job 15:6

Joshua 24:22 · BSB

Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

Luke 19:22 · BSB

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Psalm 64:8 · BSB

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Job 15:5 · BSB

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Job 15:6 · BSB

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

“that”

Acts 7:51 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Acts 7:52 · BSB

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

1 Thessalonians 2:15 · BSB

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,

1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30And 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.’

32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

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