Devine Scripture

Luke 11:50

Luke chapter 11 · verse 50 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.50This passage

v.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.

Cross references

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

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

  • 2 Kings 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

  • Psalms 9:12

    For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

  • Jeremiah 7:29

    Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.