“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness.
Luke 11:48 - The Text-Critical English New Testament So you bear witness to and approve of the works of your fathers, for they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So you bear witness and give your full approval and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild and repair monuments to them. American Standard Version (1901) So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs. Common English Bible In this way, you testify that you approve of your ancestors’ deeds. They killed the prophets, and you build memorials! Catholic Public Domain Version Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. |
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness.
Therefore you bear witness against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
That is why the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and some of whom they will persecute.’
Though they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things deserve death, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
As an example of suffering and patience, my brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.