Luke 11:47

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Matt 23:29-33 : 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, 30 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. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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  • Luke 11:48-53
    6 verses
    89%

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

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

    50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

    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.

    52Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

    53And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

  • Matt 23:27-38
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    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

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

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

    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.

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

    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

    33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

    34Therefore, 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:

    35that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

    37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

    38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Luke 11:42-46
    5 verses
    78%

    42But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

    43Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

    44Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.

    45And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

    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.

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    78%

    51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

    52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

  • Luke 6:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe [unto you], ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

    26Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • Matt 23:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [

    14(Ommitted)

    15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

    16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Zech 1:5
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    5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

  • Luke 6:23
    69%

    23Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

  • Matt 23:25
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    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

  • Hab 2:12
    68%

    12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

  • Matt 5:12
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    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Lam 4:13
    68%

    13[ It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

  • Ezek 11:6
    68%

    6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

  • Matt 23:4
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    4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

  • Luke 20:47
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    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

  • Luke 13:34
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    34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Jer 23:1
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    1Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

  • Mark 7:13
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    13making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

  • Neh 9:26
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    26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.