Luke 11:48

New English Translation

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

Job 15:6

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

Psalm 64:8

Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

Ezekiel 18:19

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

Matthew 23:31

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Luke 11:47

Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Luke 11:49

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

Romans 1:32

Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

James 5:10

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

Joshua 24:22

Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” They replied, “We are witnesses!”