Luke 11:48-50
King James Version
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:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
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Luke 11:48-50
English Standard Version
48 (A)So you are witnesses and you (B)consent to the deeds of (C)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also (D)the Wisdom of God said, (E)‘I will send them (F)prophets and apostles, (G)some of whom they will (H)kill and persecute,’ 50 so that (I)the blood of all the prophets, shed (J)from the foundation of the world, may be (K)charged against this generation,
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Luke 11:48-50
New American Standard Bible
48 So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their [a]tombs. 49 For this reason also, (A)the wisdom of God said, ‘(B)I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will [b]persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed (C)since the foundation of the world, may be charged [c]against this generation,
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- Luke 11:48 Or monuments
- Luke 11:49 Or drive out
- Luke 11:50 Or to
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