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Matthew 23:32
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30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that ayou are sons of those who murdered the prophets.  
32 aFill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt.  
33 Serpents, abrood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?  
34 aTherefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: bsome of them you will kill and crucify, and csome of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,  
35 athat on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, bfrom the blood of righteous Abel to cthe blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.  
36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem

37 a“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets band stones those who are sent to her! How often cI wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks dunder her wings, but you were not willing!  
38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;
Verse Comparison: Matthew 23:32

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American Standard Version
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

Amplified® Bible
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' sins to the brim [so that nothing may be wanting to a full measure].

Contemporary English Version
So keep on doing everything they did.

Darby English Version
and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.

Good News Bible
Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!

International Standard Version
Then finish what your ancestors started!

King James Version
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

New American Standard Bible
"Fill up, then, the measure {of the guilt} of your fathers.

New International Version
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

New King James Version
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.


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