Matthew 23:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

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  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 `Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye; 52 which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary, 16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the anger did come upon them -- to the end!
  • Josh 24:22 : 22 And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!')
  • Job 15:5-6 : 5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile. 6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 `And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

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  • Matt 23:28-30
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    28so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

    29`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

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

  • Luke 11:47-51
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    47`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

    48Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

    49because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

    50that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

    51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

  • Matt 23:32-38
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    32and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.

    33`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

    34`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

    35that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

    36verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

    37`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

    38Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    51`Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

    52which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

  • Luke 24:48
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    48and ye -- ye are witnesses of these things.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

  • Acts 3:15
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    15and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary,

  • Mark 13:12
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    12`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

  • Acts 13:40
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    40see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

  • Luke 21:16
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    16`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

  • Luke 6:23
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    23rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward `is' great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

  • Luke 13:34
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    34`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

  • John 8:37-41
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    37`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

    38I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

    39They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

    40and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

    41ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

  • Luke 22:71
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    71and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear `it' from his mouth.'

  • Acts 3:24-25
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    24and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.

    25`Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

  • Matt 15:7
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    7`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Jer 2:30
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    30In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

  • Jas 5:6
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    6ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

  • Zech 1:5
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    5Your fathers -- where `are' they? And the prophets -- to the age do they live?

  • Luke 6:26
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    26`Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

  • Lam 4:13
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    13Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

  • Luke 3:8
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    8make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

  • Luke 21:13
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    13and it shall become to you for a testimony.

  • Matt 21:38-39
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    38and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

    39and having taken him, they cast `him' out of the vineyard, and killed him;

  • Acts 13:27
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    27for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged `him' -- did fulfill,

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    21`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world `with' cities.

  • Matt 5:12
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    12rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

  • Jer 26:15
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    15Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'