Matthew 23:31

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men; 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
  • Josh 24:22 : 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
  • Job 15:5-6 : 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

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  • Matt 23:28-30
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    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

    30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • Luke 11:47-51
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    47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

    48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs] .

    49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;

    50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

    51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

  • Matt 23:32-38
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    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

    33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

    34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

    35that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

    37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

    38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

    52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

  • Luke 24:48
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    48Ye are witnesses of these things.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Acts 3:15
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    15and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

  • Mark 13:12
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    12And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

  • Luke 21:16
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    16But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death.

  • Luke 6:23
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    23Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

  • Luke 13:34
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    34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  • John 8:37-41
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    37I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

    38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

    39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

  • Luke 22:71
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    71And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

  • Acts 3:24-25
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    24Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.

    25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Jer 2:30
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    30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • Jas 5:6
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    6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.

  • Zech 1:5
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    5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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    26Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • Lam 4:13
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    13[ It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Luke 21:13
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    13It shall turn out unto you for a testimony.

  • Matt 21:38-39
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    38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

    39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • Acts 13:27
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    27For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him] .

  • Matt 5:21
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    21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

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    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.

  • Matt 5:12
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    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

  • Jer 26:15
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    15Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.