Luke 11:47

Woe to you, that build (the) tombs [or the burials] of (the) prophets; and your fathers slew them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

In Context

46And he said, Also woe to you, wise men of [the] law, for ye charge men with burdens which they may not bear, and ye yourselves with your one finger touch not the heavinesses. (And he said, And woe to you, men wise in the Law, for ye load men with burdens which they cannot bear, but ye yourselves touch not the heavinesses with even one finger.)

48Truly ye witness, that ye consent to the works of your fathers; for they slew them, but ye build their sepulchres. (Ye testify truthfully, that ye consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed the prophets, and ye build their tombs.)

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Cross References

Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that build [the] sepulchres of (the) prophets, and make fair the burials of just men, (Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who build the tombs of the prophets, and make the tombs of the righteous beautiful,)

1 Thessalonians 2:15Which slew both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and pursued us (or and persecuted us), and they please not to God, and they be adversaries to all men;

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 →

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