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Luke 11:45-52
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Luke 11:45-52
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
45 Then one of the scholars of the law[a] said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”(A) 46 And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them. 47 (B)Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. 48 Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. 49 (C)Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles;[b] some of them they will kill and persecute’ 50 in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah[c] who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!(D) 52 Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”(E)
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- 11:45 Scholars of the law: see note on Lk 10:25.
- 11:49 I will send to them prophets and apostles: Jesus connects the mission of the church (apostles) with the mission of the Old Testament prophets who often suffered the rebuke of their contemporaries.
- 11:51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah: the murder of Abel is the first murder recounted in the Old Testament (Gn 4:8). The Zechariah mentioned here may be the Zechariah whose murder is recounted in 2 Chr 24:20–22, the last murder presented in the Hebrew canon of the Old Testament.
Luke 11:45-52
New International Version
Luke 11:45-52
New International Version
45 One of the experts in the law(A) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46 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.(B)
47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(C) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(D) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(E) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(F) to the blood of Zechariah,(G) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(H)
52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”(I)
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