Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
A Conservative Version
So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
American Standard Version
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
[But by saying this] you are witnesses [against] yourselves, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets [i.e., indicating your approval of their actions].
Anderson New Testament
So then you testify against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
Bible in Basic English
So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.
Common New Testament
Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whereby you yourselves own that ye are indeed the children of those who killed the prophets,
Darby Translation
So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
Godbey New Testament
So you witness to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you bear witness against yourselves that you are descended from the murderers of the prophets.
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore ye testify against yourselves, that ye are the sons of them who killed the prophets.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore ye bear testimony to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those having slain the prophets.
King James 2000
Therefore you are witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them who killed the prophets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore you are witnesses to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.
Moffatt New Testament
So you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are sons of those who killed the prophets!
Montgomery New Testament
"So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets!
NET Bible
By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Noyes New Testament
So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
Sawyer New Testament
So that you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets;
The Emphasized Bible
So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are, sons, of them who murdered the prophets.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets.
Twentieth Century New Testament
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the men who murdered the Prophets.
Webster
Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets.
Weymouth New Testament
"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.
Williams New Testament
So you are witnessing against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
World English Bible
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Worrell New Testament
So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets;
Worsley New Testament
so that ye are witnesses yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets:
Themes
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Evil » Social in the church » Fulness
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Christ » Denounced woes against
Topics
Interlinear
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heautou
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts Their Punishment
30 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. 31 So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets; 32 and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
Cross References
Acts 7:51-52
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary,
Joshua 24:22
And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, 'Witnesses!')
Job 15:5-6
For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Psalm 64:8
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Luke 19:22
'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!