Matthew 23:31

So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are, sons, of them who murdered the prophets.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

In Context

30and say—If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their partners in the blood of the prophets:

32And, ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers!

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Cross References

Job 15:5For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

Luke 19:22He saith to him—Out of thy mouth, do I judge thee, O wicked servant! Thou knewest that, I, a harsh man, am,—taking up, what I laid not down, and reaping, what I did not sow;

1 Thessalonians 2:15Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus—and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,—

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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