Luke 11:47

Luke chapter 11 · verse 47 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Context

v.46And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

v.47This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.