30and ye 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

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

28 Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,

30 and ye 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.

31 So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

32 and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 23:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:30And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:30And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:30and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:30And 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.