Luke 11:48 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁸ So, [by doing this] you are witnesses [against yourselves] that you approve of the deeds of your forefathers, for they killed the prophets and you build grave monuments to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁸ Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁸ So you bear witness and give your full approval and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild and repair monuments to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁸ So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ In this way, you testify that you approve of your ancestors’ deeds. They killed the prophets, and you build memorials!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁸ Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁸ Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

Luke 11:48 Cross References

Matthew 23:27

'It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the Law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you are like white­washed tombs, used for burial [sites], which appear beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of the bones and decaying flesh of dead people.

Matthew 23:31

[But by saying this] you are witnesses [against] yourselves, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets [i.e., indicating your approval of their actions].

Luke 11:47

“It is too bad for you! For your forefathers killed the prophets and you build grave monuments to them [i.e., the prophets].

Luke 11:49

Therefore, the wisdom of God said, [Note: Is this a reference to Jesus? See I Cor. 1:30 and Matt. 23:34-36], ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them [i.e., the Jewish people] and they will kill and persecute some of them,

Romans 1:32

These people know that God’s decrees require that those who practice such things deserve to die [i.e., either spiritual or temporal punishment], yet they not only do the same things [themselves], but even approve of other people who practice them.

James 5:10

Brothers, take the [Old Testament] prophets, who spoke in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, as your examples of suffering and patience.