Matthew 23:32
“Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers.”
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Matthew 23:32 Context
30And say, If wee had beene in the dayes of our fathers, wee would not haue bene partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets. 31Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets. 32Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers. 33Yee serpents, yee generation of vipers, How can yee escape the damnation of hell? 34¶ Wherefore behold, I send vnto you Prophets, and wisemen, and Scribes, and some of them yee shall kill and crucifie, and some of them shall yee scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie:
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Other Translations for Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- King James Version
"Fill up, then, the measure {of the guilt} of your fathers.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
- Basic English Bible
and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
- Darby Bible
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- Webster's Bible
Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.
- Weymouth Bible
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
- World English Bible
And fulfille ye the mesure of youre fadris.
- Wycliffe Bible
and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 23:32
23:32 Fill ye up - A word of permission, not of command: as if he had said, I contend with you no longer: I leave you to yourselves: you have conquered: now ye may follow the devices of your own hearts. The measure of your fathers - Wickedness: ye may now be as wicked as they.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 23:32
Mt 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. The language of prophecy as well as irony and invective; as if he had said: Fill the measure of the guilt of your fathers to the brim. Crucify the Holy One and thus fill up the cup of iniquity.