31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.


In Context

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 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.

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

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Matthew 23:31 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Why you be witnesses to yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets.