Luke 11:48

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So you show that you agree with what they did: They killed the prophets, and now you build their tombs.

Cross References

James 5:10

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

Matthew 23:31

But you’re being witnesses against yourselves. You’re admitting that you’re descended from the people who murdered the prophets.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You’re like tombs that have been painted white. They look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside they’re full of dead people’s bones and other things that aren’t pure and clean.

Luke 11:47

“Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, even though it was your own people of long ago who killed them.

Luke 11:49

But God said in his wisdom, ‘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, and that people who do wrong things like this deserve to die. But they continue to do those things anyway, and they even approve of others who do them.