48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.


In Context

45 One of the lawyers answered him, |Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.|

46 He said, |Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

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

48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Luke 11:48 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:48So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:48Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:48Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:48Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.