Luke 11:47
“Woe vnto you: for ye build the sepulchres of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
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Luke 11:47 Context
45¶ Then answered one of the Lawyers, and said vnto him, Master, thus saying, thou reprochest vs also. 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:
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Other Translations for Luke 11:47
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- King James Version
"Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and {it was} your fathers {who} killed them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.
- Basic English Bible
Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
- Darby Bible
Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- Webster's Bible
Alas for you! for you repair the tombs of the Prophets, whom your forefathers killed.
- Weymouth Bible
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- World English Bible
Wo to you, that bilden toumbis of profetis; and youre fadris slowen hem.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 11:47
Lu 11:47 Ye build the sepulchres. See notes on Mt 23:29,30.