Matthew 23:30

and say ‘Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken no part in their murder of the prophets!’

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In The King James Version

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

In Context

29Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,

31By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:34That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34

The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →

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