Matthew 23:30

Authorized 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.›

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:15 : 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • Matt 21:35-36 : 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.›
  • Matt 23:34-35 : 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.›

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

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

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  • Luke 11:47-51
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    47‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›

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

    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;›

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    52Which 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:

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    7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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    13¶ For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

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    6Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

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    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.›

    37‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,› [thou] ‹that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under› [her] ‹wings, and ye would not!›

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