Matthew 23:30

30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have taken part with them in shedding the prophets' blood.' [a]

Matthew 23:30 In-Context

28 In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have taken part with them in shedding the prophets' blood.'
31 You therefore testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' sins!

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets
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