Matthew 23:31

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

ASV

Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

LSV

So that you testify to yourselves that you are sons of them who murdered the prophets;

YLT

So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

DBY

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

DRC

Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

GNV

So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας.

RP2018

Ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας·

TR-Boyd

Ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας·

SCR1894

ωστε μαρτυρειτε εαυτοις οτι υιοι εστε των φονευσαντων τους προφητας

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Cross-references most cited first

• Acts 7:51–52You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16who 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, hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they…
• Joshua 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
• Luke 19:22His 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?
• Job 15:5–6For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
• Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

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