Matthew 23:31

Translations

Modern

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Traditional

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Literal

Thus you bear witness to yourselves that you are sons of those having murdered the prophets.

Latin

…itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.

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English

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Notes

Matthew 23:13–36

Matthew gathered seven warnings of sorrow to come (literally woe to you) inspired by similar Old Testament lists (Isaiah 5:8–23; Habakkuk 2:6–20). Matthew arranged them to reach a climax with the killing of the prophets.

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Jewish Leaders The Pharisees Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin Legalism Religious Hypocrisy The Righteous Suffer

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Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
…who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
Job 15:5–6
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Luke 19:22
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
Joshua 24:22
Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
Psalm 64:8
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

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