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Matthew 23:30

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And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

And {G2532} say {G3004}, If {G1487} we had been {G2258} in {G1722} the days {G2250} of our {G2257} fathers {G3962}, we would {G302} not {G3756} have been {G2258} partakers {G2844} with them {G846} in {G1722} the blood {G129} of the prophets {G4396}.

and you say, `Had we lived when our fathers did, we would never have taken part in killing the prophets.'

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 23:34 (2 votes)

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

  • Matthew 23:35 (2 votes)

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  • Matthew 21:35 (2 votes)

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

  • Matthew 21:36 (2 votes)

    Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

  • Jeremiah 2:30 (2 votes)

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15 (1 votes)

    And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: