Matthew 23:32
“Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers.”
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Matthew 23:32 Context
30And say, If wee had beene in the dayes of our fathers, wee would not haue bene partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets. 31Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets. 32Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers. 33Yee serpents, yee generation of vipers, How can yee escape the damnation of hell? 34¶ Wherefore behold, I send vnto you Prophets, and wisemen, and Scribes, and some of them yee shall kill and crucifie, and some of them shall yee scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie:
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Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- King James Version
"Fill up, then, the measure {of the guilt} of your fathers.
- New American Standard Version (1995)