Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

But they would

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Bible References

Yet he sent

Luke 11:47
"It is too bad for you! For your forefathers killed the prophets and you build grave monuments to them [i.e., the prophets].
Luke 16:31
And Abraham replied, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded [even] if someone rises from the dead [i.e., to come back and warn them].'"
Luke 20:9
Then Jesus began speaking to the people. [Note: And perhaps to the religious leaders as well. See Mark 11:18 with 12:1]. He told them this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, then leased it out to tenant farmers and went to another country for a long time.

But they would

Matthew 13:9
The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully."

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Luke 3:20
to top it off, Herod put John in prison.