Matthew 23:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ “Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who did murder the prophets –

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Thus you are testifying against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

Common English Bible

³¹ You testify against yourselves that you are children of those who murdered the prophets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And so you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:31 Cross References

Psalm 64:8

And they cause one to stumble, Their own tongue is against them; All who see them flee away.

Lamentations 4:13

It was because of the sins of her prophets, The crookednesses of her priests, Who shed in her midst the blood of the righteous.

Matthew 23:30

and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.’

Matthew 23:32

and you fill up the measure of your fathers!

Matthew 23:34

“Because of this, see, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scholars of Scripture. Some of them you shall kill and impale, and some of them you shall flog in your congregations and persecute from city to city,

Matthew 23:37

“Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!

Luke 19:22

“And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.

Joshua 24:22

Then Yehoshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen יהוה  for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “Witnesses!”