King James Version (KJV)
Luke 11:47
“‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›”
Verse in context — Luke 11
45
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46
And he said, ‹Woe unto you also,› [ye] ‹lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.›
47
‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›
48
‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›
49
‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›
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