Luke 11:47

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Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, yet it was your ancestors who killed them.

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  • Matt 23:29-33 : 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, 30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

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  • Luke 11:48-53
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    89%

    48So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

    49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will persecute.'

    50So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation—

    51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

    52Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.

    53While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things,

  • Matt 23:27-38
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    84%

    27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity.

    28So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

    29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

    30and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

    31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

    32Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins!

    33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?

    34Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

    35so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

    36Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

    37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

    38Look, your house is left to you desolate.

  • Luke 11:42-46
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    78%

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

    43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seats of honor in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.

    45One of the experts in the law answered, 'Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us as well.'

    46Jesus replied, 'Woe to you as well, experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves do not touch these burdens with even one finger.'

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    78%

    51You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—

  • Luke 6:25-26
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    75%

    25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

    26Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

  • Matt 23:13-16
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    13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.

    14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore, you will receive a greater condemnation.

    15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are.

    16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,

  • Zech 1:5
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    5Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

  • Luke 6:23
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    23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40So beware that what is spoken of in the prophets does not come upon you:

  • Matt 23:25
    68%

    25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

  • Hab 2:12
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    12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town with injustice!

  • Matt 5:12
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    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Lam 4:13
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    13It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

  • Ezek 11:6
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    6You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

  • Matt 23:4
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    4They tie up heavy and unbearable burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

  • Luke 20:47
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    47They devour widows’ houses and make long prayers for appearance’s sake. These will receive a greater condemnation.

  • Luke 13:34
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    34'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

  • Jer 23:1
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    1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

  • Mark 7:13
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    13You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

  • Neh 9:26
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    26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.