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"Woe to you! You build monuments to the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 11:47 In-Context
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One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
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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.
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“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
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So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
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Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’