Devine Scripture

Matthew 23:29

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

v.29This passage

v.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.

Cross references

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

  • Luke 11:47

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

  • Acts 2:29

    Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.