King James Version (KJV)
Luke 11:49
“‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›”
Verse in context — Luke 11
‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›
‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›
‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›
‹That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;›
‹From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.›
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