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Matthew 23:32-34
New International Version
Matthew 23:32-34
New International Version
32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(C) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(D) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(E) others you will flog in your synagogues(F) and pursue from town to town.(G)
Matthew 23:32-34
King James Version
Matthew 23:32-34
King James Version
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
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Matthew 23:32-34
New American Standard Bible
Matthew 23:32-34
New American Standard Bible
32 [a]Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. 33 You snakes, (A)you [b]offspring of vipers, how [c]will you escape the [d]sentence of [e](B)hell?
34 “(C)Therefore, behold, (D)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will (E)flog in your synagogues, and (F)persecute from city to city,
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- Matthew 23:32 I.e., finish what they started
- Matthew 23:33 Or brood
- Matthew 23:33 Lit are you to escape
- Matthew 23:33 Or judgment
- Matthew 23:33 Gr Gehenna
Matthew 23:32-34
English Standard Version
Matthew 23:32-34
English Standard Version
32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (B)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (C)hell? 34 (D)Therefore (E)I send you (F)prophets and wise men and (G)scribes, (H)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (I)some you will (J)flog in your synagogues and (K)persecute from town to town,
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