Matthew 23:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,”
Matthew 23:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Matthew 23:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 23:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,”
Matthew 23:29 — World English Bible
Matthew 23:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, ”
Matthew 23:29 — American Standard Version
Matthew 23:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,”
Matthew 23:29 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 23:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just, ”
Matthew 23:29 — Darby Translation
Matthew 23:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,”
Matthew 23:29 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 23:29 in Context — Matthew 23
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
What Does Matthew 23:29 Mean?
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