Matthew 23:31

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 64:8

And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads and flee away.

Lamentations 4:13

[But this happened] because of the sins of her [false] prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the just and righteous in the midst of her.

Matthew 23:30

Saying, If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have aided them in shedding the blood of the prophets.

Matthew 23:32

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' sins to the brim [so that nothing may be wanting to a full measure].

Matthew 23:34

Because of this, take notice: I am sending you prophets and wise men (interpreters and teachers) and scribes (men learned in the Mosaic Law and the Prophets); some of them you will kill, even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue and persecute from town to town,

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a mother fowl gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused!

Luke 19:22

He said to the servant, I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?

Joshua 24:22

Then Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses.