Luke 11:47-51

⁴⁷Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

⁴⁸So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

⁴⁹Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

⁵⁰As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

⁵¹from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

— Luke 11:47-51

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Cross References for Luke 11:47-51

• 2 Chronicles 24:20-22
• Matthew 23:35
• Hebrews 11:4
• 1 John 3:12
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15
• Genesis 4:8-11
• Zechariah 1:1
• Acts 7:51
• 1 Corinthians 1:30
• Revelation 18:20-24

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