Matthew 23:30

"‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their comrades in the murder of the prophets.’

Montgomery New Testament

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

29"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You rebuild the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say,

31"So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets!

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Cross References

Matthew 23:34"For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city;

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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