Luke 11:47

New International Reader's Version

“How terrible for you! You build tombs for the prophets. It was your people of long ago who killed them.

Cross References

Matthew 23:27

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You are like tombs that are painted white. They look beautiful on the outside. But on the inside they are full of the bones of the dead. They are also full of other things that are not pure and ‘clean.’

Luke 11:48

So you show that you agree with what your people did long ago. They killed the prophets, and now you build the prophets’ tombs.

Acts 7:51

“You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!

1 Thessalonians 2:15

The Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets also forced us to leave. They do not please God. They are enemies of everyone.