MAT 23:31 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) By saying that, you’re admitting to yourselves that you’re the descendants of the ones who killed the prophets—

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Therefore you testify against yourselves that you are sons of the ones having killed the prophets.

UST When you declare that, you admit that you are descendants of and similar to the people who did murder those who spoke for God.

BSB So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

BLB Thus you bear witness to yourselves that you are sons of those having murdered the prophets.

AICNT Therefore you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

OEB By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.

WEBBE Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

LSV So that you testify to yourselves that you are sons of them who murdered the prophets;

FBV But by saying this you testify against yourselves, proving that you belong to those who murdered the prophets!

TCNT Therefore you bear witness against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

T4T Thus you recognize that you should honor the prophets, but you disregard the word of God that other men whom God has sent teach you. In that way you testify against yourselves that you are descendants and disciples [MET] of those who killed the prophets.

LEB Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

BBE So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth "So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.

ASV Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

DRA Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

YLT So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

Drby So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

RV Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

Wbstr Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets.

KJB-1769 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
( Wherefore ye/you_all be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye/you_all are the children of them which killed the prophets. )

KJB-1611 Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes.
(And so ye/you_all be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye/you_all are the children of them which killed the prophets.)

Gnva So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.
(So then ye/you_all be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye/you_all are the children of them that murthered the Prophets. )

Cvdl Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues, that ye are the children of them, which slew the prophetes.
(Therefore ye/you_all be wytnesses unto yourselves, that ye/you_all are the children of them, which slew/killed the prophets.)

TNT So then ye be witnesses vnto youre selfes that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophetes.
(So then ye/you_all be witnesses unto your(pl) selfes that ye/you_all are the children of them which killed the prophets. )

Wycl And so ye ben in witnessyng to you silf, that ye ben the sones of hem that slowen the prophetis.
(And so ye/you_all been in witnessing to you silf, that ye/you_all been the sons of them that slowen the prophets.)

Luth So gebt ihr zwar über euch selbst Zeugnis, daß ihr Kinder seid derer die, die Propheten getötet haben.
(So gebt you/their/her zwar above you himself/itself transcript, that you/their/her children seid derer die, the Propheten getötet have.)

ClVg itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.[fn]
(itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, because children estis their, who prophetas occiderunt. )

23.31 Itaque. Quia scelera patrum detestamini pro specie quidem sanctitatis; dum Christum persequendo et apostolos eadem facitis, facto probatis vos esse filios non solum carne, sed imitatione iniqua: et patet eos scientes peccare. Id est contra vos loquimini dum patres damnatis: similiter enim facitis.

23.31 Itaque. Because scelera patrum detestamini for specie indeed sanctitatis; dum Christum persequendo and apostolos eadem facitis, facto probatis you esse filios not/no solum carne, but imitatione iniqua: and patet them scientes peccare. That it_is on_the_contrary you loquimini dum patres damnatis: likewise because facitis.

UGNT ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς, ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας;
(hōste martureite heautois, hoti huioi este tōn foneusantōn tous profaʸtas;)

SBL-GNT ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας.
(hōste martureite heautois hoti huioi este tōn foneusantōn tous profaʸtas.)

TC-GNT Ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας·
(Hōste martureite heautois hoti huioi este tōn foneusantōn tous profaʸtas; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὥστε

so_then

Here, the word Therefore introduces an inference or conclusion based on what Jesus said that the Pharisees and scribes say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an inference or conclusion, or you could leave Therefore untranslated. Alternate translation: [In saying that,] or [So then,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων

sons ˱you_all˲_are ˱of˲_the_‹ones› /having/_murdered

Here, the phrase sons means male descendants. It does not mean that the scribes and Pharisees are the direct sons of the people who killed the prophets. In this case, the expression sons of also indicates that the sons are similar to their ancestors. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you are like your ancestors, the ones having killed] or [you are descended from and much like the ones having killed]

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