Matthew 23:32

Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

Genesis 15:16

And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

Numbers 32:14

And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.

Zechariah 5:6-11

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

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Summary

Matthew 23:32

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

The measure

Genesis 15:16

Numbers 32:14

Zechariah 5:6

General references

Psalm 106:6

Luke 3:20

Bible References

The measure

And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

General references

We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.