46 But He said, “Woe to you (A)lawyers as well! For (B)you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, [a]while you yourselves will not even [b]touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (C)Woe to you! For you build the [c]tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. 48 So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their [d]tombs. 49 For this reason also, (D)the wisdom of God said, ‘(E)I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will [e]persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed (F)since the foundation of the world, may be charged [f]against this generation, 51 from (G)the blood of Abel to (H)the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged [g]against this generation.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:46 Lit and
  2. Luke 11:46 I.e., to assist them
  3. Luke 11:47 Or monuments to
  4. Luke 11:48 Or monuments
  5. Luke 11:49 Or drive out
  6. Luke 11:50 Or to
  7. Luke 11:51 Or to

46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.(A)

47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(B) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(C) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(D) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(E) to the blood of Zechariah,(F) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(G)

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