World English Bible
Luke 11:47
“Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
Verse in context — Luke 11
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,
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