Luke 11:48
“Truely ye beare witnesse that ye allowe the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.”
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Luke 11:48 Context
46And he said, Woe vnto you also ye lawyers: for ye lade men with burdens grieuous to be borne, and ye your selues touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47Woe vnto you: for ye build the sepulchres of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48Truely ye beare witnesse that ye allowe the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and yee build their sepulchres. 49Therefore also said the wisedome of God, I wil send them Prophets and Apostles, and some of them they shal slay and persecute: 50That 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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Other Translations for Luke 11:48
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- King James Version
"So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build {their tombs.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build `their tombs'.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
- Basic English Bible
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].
- Darby Bible
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
- Webster's Bible
It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.
- Weymouth Bible
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
- World English Bible
Treuli ye witnessen, that ye consenten to the werkis of youre fadris; for thei slowen hem, but ye bilden her sepulcris.
- Wycliffe Bible
Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 11:48
11:48 Whom they killed, ye build their sepulchres - Just like them pretending great reverence for the ancient prophets, while ye destroy those whom God sends to yourselves. Ye therefore bear witness by this deep hypocrisy that ye are of the very same spirit with them.