Luke 11:48

New Living Translation

But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.

Job 15:6

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

Psalm 64:8

Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

Ezekiel 18:19

“‘What?’ you ask. ‘Doesn’t the child pay for the parent’s sins?’ No! For if the child does what is just and right and keeps my decrees, that child will surely live.

Matthew 23:27

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.

Matthew 23:31

“But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Luke 11:47

What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago.

Luke 11:49

This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’

Romans 1:32

They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

James 5:10

For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Joshua 24:22

“You are a witness to your own decision,” Joshua said. “You have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes,” they replied, “we are witnesses to what we have said.”