¶ Woe be to you scribes, and pharises hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.
Luke 11:48 - William Tyndale New Testament Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. 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 be to you scribes, and pharises hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.
So are ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.
¶ Woe be to you that build the sepulchers of the prophets: for your fathers killed them:
¶ Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and Apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:
Which men, though they knew the righteousness of God, how that they which such things commit are worthy of death, yet not only do the same, but also had pleasure in them that did them.
Take (my brethren) the prophets for an ensample of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which spake in the name of the Lord.