Luke 11:50

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the ima of God made he man.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
  • Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
  • Jer 7:29 : 29 Cut off thine hair, O usalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
  • Rev 18:20-24 : 20 joice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a gat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that gat city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no mo at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no mo at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any mo in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no mo at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no mo at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no mo at all in thee: for thy merchants we the gat men of the earth; for by thy sorceries we all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that we slain upon the earth.

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    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.

  • Matt 23:34-37
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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!

  • Luke 11:47-49
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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:

  • Matt 23:30-32
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    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.

  • Rev 18:24
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    24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that we slain upon the earth.

  • Lam 4:13
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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,

  • Acts 7:52
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    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:

  • Rev 16:6
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    6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they a worthy.

  • Matt 11:13
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    13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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    5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

    6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the ima of God made he man.

  • Matt 27:25
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    25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

  • Luke 17:25
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    25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

  • Ps 79:3
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    3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

  • Acts 3:23-24
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    23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

    24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

  • Heb 9:20
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    20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

  • Luke 1:70
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    70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

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    10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

  • Luke 11:29-30
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    29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

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    7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

    8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

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    32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

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    40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

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    10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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    11 For the life of the fsh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

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    64%

    8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

  • Heb 9:18
    64%

    18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

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    63%

    4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

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    21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

  • Ezek 35:6
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    6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

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    20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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    8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

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    21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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    39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

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    11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Deut 18:19
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    19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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    15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

  • Gen 4:10
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    10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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    30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

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    53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.