Matthew 23:32-34
New International Version
32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(C) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(D) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(E) others you will flog in your synagogues(F) and pursue from town to town.(G)
Matthew 23:32-34
New King James Version
32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (B)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (C)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (D)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (E)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
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- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Matthew 23:32-34
New American Standard Bible
32 [a]Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. 33 You snakes, (A)you [b]offspring of vipers, how [c]will you escape the [d]sentence of [e](B)hell?
34 “(C)Therefore, behold, (D)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will (E)flog in your synagogues, and (F)persecute from city to city,
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- Matthew 23:32 I.e., finish what they started
- Matthew 23:33 Or brood
- Matthew 23:33 Lit are you to escape
- Matthew 23:33 Or judgment
- Matthew 23:33 Gr Gehenna
Matthew 23:32-34
English Standard Version
32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (B)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (C)hell? 34 (D)Therefore (E)I send you (F)prophets and wise men and (G)scribes, (H)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (I)some you will (J)flog in your synagogues and (K)persecute from town to town,
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