Luke 11:48
By doing this you are witnesses showing that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs!
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2 Chronicles 36:16But they ridiculed God's messengers, they despised his warnings and mocked his prophets, until the Lord's anger against his people was provoked to such an extent it couldn't be stopped.
Psalms 64:8What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.
Matthew 21:35But the farmers attacked his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Acts 7:51You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!
James 5:10Take the prophets as an example, my friends—see how they spoke in the Lord's name as they suffered and waited patiently.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54
Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →