47"Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.


In Context

44 "Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it."

45 One of the experts in the law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also."

46 Jesus replied, "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

47 "Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.

48 So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'

Luke 11:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:47'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:47Woe to you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.