Matthew 23:32
Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 15:16 : 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
- Num 32:14 : 14 Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the LORD against the Israelites.
- 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
- Zech 5:6-9 : 6 I asked,“What is it?” And he replied,“It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said,“This is their‘eye’ throughout all the earth.” 7 Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. 8 He then said,“This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. 9 Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings(they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky. 10 I asked the messenger who was speaking to me,“Where are they taking the basket?” 11 He replied,“To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”
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- Matt 23:28-314 verses81%
28In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
30And you say,‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matt 23:33-364 verses76%
33You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
34“For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
35so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!
- Luke 11:47-482 verses75%
47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
48So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
- Acts 7:51-522 verses73%
51“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
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14Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the LORD against the Israelites.
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21Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”
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7for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”
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12And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.
- Matt 23:24-263 verses70%
24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
25“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
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15“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
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23Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.
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48So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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39Restoration through Confession and Repentance“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
- Luke 3:7-82 verses69%
7So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
- Matt 23:3-42 verses68%
3Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.
4They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
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12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
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38Look, your house is left to you desolate!
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7Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.
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21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
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16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
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2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
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27“Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
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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.
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38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”
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28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”
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17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.
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41You people are doing the deeds of your father.”Then they said to Jesus,“We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”
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13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
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39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
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26“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.
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32And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,
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24And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.
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1Seven Woes Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
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9He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
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27The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.