Matthew 23:32

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So [then], fulfill the pattern of behavior begun by your forefathers.

Cross References

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].

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?

1 Thessalonians 2:16

for they [even] try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved. [In doing this] they are always piling up one sin on another. But the wrath [of God] has come upon them at last [or, “completely”].