Luke 11:48

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

Job 15:6

Your own mouth judges you, not mine. Your own lips witness against you.

Psalm 64:8

He will turn their own words against them. He will destroy them. All those who see them will shake their heads and look down on them.

Ezekiel 18:19

“But you still ask, ‘Is the son guilty along with his father?’ No! The son did what was fair and right. He was careful to obey all my rules. So you can be sure he will live.

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.’

Matthew 23:31

So you are witnesses against yourselves. You admit that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets.

Luke 11:47

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

Luke 11:49

So God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some. And they will try to hurt others.’

Romans 1:32

They know that God’s commands are right. They know that those who do evil things should die. But they continue to do those very things. They also approve of others who do them.

James 5:10

Brothers and sisters, think about the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They are an example of how to be patient when you suffer.

Joshua 24:22

Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves. You have said that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes. We are witnesses,” they replied.