Matthew 23:32

New Living Translation

Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”

Jeremiah 32:18

You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 7:26

But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful—even worse than their ancestors.

Ezekiel 20:4

“Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins of their ancestors really were.

Numbers 32:14

But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.

Matthew 23:31

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

Matthew 23:33

Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

1 Thessalonians 2:16

as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.