Luke 11:48

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:22 : 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye [are] witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
  • Job 15:6 : 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
  • Ezek 18:19 : 19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, [and] hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
  • Matt 21:35-38 : 35 ‹And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.› 36 ‹Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.› 37 ‹But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.› 38 ‹But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.›
  • Matt 23:31 : 31 ‹Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.›
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
  • Jas 5:10 : 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
  • Heb 11:35-38 : 35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 89%

    46 And he said, ‹Woe unto you also,› [ye] ‹lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.›

    47 ‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›

  • 81%

    27 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.›

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

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

    30 ‹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.›

    31 ‹Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.›

    32 ‹Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.›

  • Acts 7:51-52
    2 verses
    76%

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

    52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • 75%

    49 ‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›

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

    51 ‹From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.›

  • 72%

    43 ‹Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.›

    44 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over› [them] ‹are not aware› [of them].

  • 48 ‹And ye are witnesses of these things.›

  • 71%

    34 ¶ ‹Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and› [some] ‹of them ye shall kill and crucify; and› [some] ‹of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute› [them] ‹from city to city:›

    35 ‹That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.›

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

  • John 8:37-41
    5 verses
    71%

    37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.›

    38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›

    39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, ‹If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.›

    40 ‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.›

    41 ‹Ye do the deeds of your father.› Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

  • 7 [Ye] ‹hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,›

  • 6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

  • Acts 3:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

    15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  • 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

  • Matt 23:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3 ‹All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,› [that] ‹observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.›

    4 ‹For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay› [them] ‹on men's shoulders; but they› [themselves] ‹will not move them with one of their fingers.›

  • 8 ‹And they took him, and killed› [him], ‹and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard.›

  • 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days,

  • 11 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.›

  • 26 ‹Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.›

  • 38 ‹Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.›

  • 49 ‹Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.›

  • 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

  • 44 ‹Ye are of› [your] ‹father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.›

  • 33 ‹Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.›

  • 9 And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.›

  • 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

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

  • 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  • 12 ‹Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.›

  • 5 Your fathers, where [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

  • 14 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.›

  • 5 ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›