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Luke 11:47 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. "

Luke 11:47

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45 One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”

46 He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

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Luke 11:1

"When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”"

Luke 11:2

"He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven."

Luke 11:3

"Give us day by day our daily bread."

Luke 11:4

"Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”"

Luke 11:5

"He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,"

Luke 11:6

"for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’"

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