Catholic Public Domain Version
"Woe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets, while it is your fathers who killed them! "
— Luke 11:47, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
“Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ”
“Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
“Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.”
“Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.”
“A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.”
“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
Woe to you! For you are like graves that are not noticeable, so that men walk over them without realizing it.”
Then one of the experts in the law, in response, said to him, “Teacher, in saying these things, you bring an insult against us as well.”
So he said: “And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers.
Woe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets, while it is your fathers who killed them!
Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers.
Because of this also, the wisdom of God said: I will send to them Prophets and Apostles, and some of these they will kill or persecute,
so that the blood of all the Prophets, which has been shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation: