Devine Scripture

Matthew 23:30

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 30 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and 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.

Context

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

v.30This passage

v.31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 23:34

    Therefore, 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:

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15

    And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

  • Jeremiah 2:30

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

  • Matthew 21:35

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.